lavagante

Portuguese

lavagante

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Spanish lobagante (“lobster”), from Latin *lucopante, from Ancient Greek λυκοπάνθηρος (lukopánthēros, “snow leopard”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈɡɐ̃.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [lɐ.vɐˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.bɐˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [lɐ.βɐˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

Hyphenation: la‧va‧gan‧te

Noun

lavagante m (plural lavagantes)

European lobster (Homarus gammarus)

Further reading

lavagante on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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