escaravelho

Portuguese
escaravelho

Alternative forms
  • escarabelho

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /es.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /is.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/, /es.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /eʃ.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /iʃ.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/, /eʃ.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎo/, /es.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎo/

  • Audio (BR)(file)
  • Hyphenation: es‧ca‧ra‧ve‧lho

Noun

escaravelho m (plural escaravelhos)

  1. beetle (insect)
  2. scarab

Synonyms
  • escarabídeo, escarabeídeo, rola-bosta, vira-bosta

Hypernyms

Derived terms
  • escaravelho-coração
  • escaravelho-japonês
  • escaravelho-sagrado
  • escaravelho-vermelho
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