lagarto

See also: Lagarto

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [laˈɣaɾto̝]

Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)

  1. lizard
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:
      Contra a door que chama "llaçerto", que quer dizer lagarto ...
      Against the illness that they call "lacerto", which means lizard ...
  2. (cooking) pork cut, using the iliocostalis muscle between the spine and loin

Adjective

lagarto (feminine lagarta, masculine plural lagartos, feminine plural lagartas)

  1. (figurative) unreliable; mischievous

Derived terms

References

  • lagart” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • lagarto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • lagarto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • lagarto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

lagarto

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈɡaʁ.tu/ [laˈɡah.tu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /laˈɡaɾ.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /laˈɡaʁ.tu/ [laˈɡaχ.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈɡaɻ.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐˈɡaɾ.tu/ [lɐˈɣaɾ.tu]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtu, (Brazil) -aʁtu
  • Hyphenation: la‧gar‧to

Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)

  1. lizard (any reptile of the order Squamata other than snakes)
  2. (Azores) lizardfish
  3. (Guinea-Bissau) large lizard, crocodile
  4. (cooking) topside (outer side of a round of beef)
    Synonyms: pojadouro, (North Brazil) paulista, (South Brazil) tatu
  5. (Portugal, soccer, derogatory) a supporter, player or coach of Sporting Clube de Portugal
    Synonym: sportinguista

Derived terms

  • dizer cobras e lagartos
  • lagartear
  • lagarto-ágil
  • lagarto-cego
  • lagarto-de-água
  • lagarto-de-contas
  • lagarto-de-gola
  • lagarto-do-mar
  • lagarto-do-nilo
  • lagarto-do-rolo
  • lagarto-jacaré
  • lagarto-minhoca
  • lagarto-monitor
  • lagarto-preguiça
  • lagarto-tatu
  • lagarto-verde
  • peixe-lagarto

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: lagártu
  • Hunsrik: Lagart

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈɡaɾto/ [laˈɣ̞aɾ.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -aɾto
  • Syllabification: la‧gar‧to

Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)

  1. lizard
  2. (Cuba, slang) beer

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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