lagarta

Portuguese

lagarta

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *lacarta, from Latin lacerta.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ.tɐ/ [laˈɡah.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾ.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ.tɐ/ [laˈɡaχ.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɻ.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡaɾ.tɐ/ [lɐˈɣaɾ.tɐ]

Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtɐ, (Brazil) -aʁtɐ
Hyphenation: la‧gar‧ta

Noun

lagarta f (plural lagartas)

Related terms

lagarto

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾta/ [laˈɣ̞aɾ.t̪a]
Rhymes: -aɾta
Syllabification: la‧gar‧ta

Noun

lagarta f (plural lagartas)

gypsy moth
(slang, vulgar, offensive) bitch

Further reading

“lagarto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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