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)
- 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 ...
- (cooking) pork cut, using the iliocostalis muscle between the spine and loin
Adjective
lagarto (feminine lagarta, masculine plural lagartos, feminine plural lagartas)
- (figurative) unreliable; mischievous
Derived terms
- herba do lagarto
- lagarteira
- lagarteiro
- lagartixa
- lagarto arnal
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
Alternative forms
- largato (eye dialect)
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)
- lizard (any reptile of the order Squamata other than snakes)
- (Azores) lizardfish
- (Guinea-Bissau) large lizard, crocodile
- (cooking) topside (outer side of a round of beef)
- (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
- “lagarto” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “lagarto” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “lagarto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “lagarto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “lagarto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈɡaɾto/ [laˈɣ̞aɾ.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -aɾto
- Syllabification: la‧gar‧to
Descendants
- ⇒ English: alligator
Further reading
- “lagarto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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