lazareto

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lazzaretto.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.zaˈɾe.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.zaˈɾe.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.zɐˈɾe.tu/

Hyphenation: la‧za‧re‧to

Noun

lazareto m (plural lazaretos)

leprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)
Synonyms: leprosário, leprosório, gafaria, leprosaria

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lazzaretto.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /laθaˈɾeto/ [la.θaˈɾe.t̪o]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /lasaˈɾeto/ [la.saˈɾe.t̪o]
Rhymes: -eto
Syllabification: la‧za‧re‧to

Noun

lazareto m (plural lazaretos)

lazaretto (a place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis)

Further reading

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

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