alacran
See also: alacrán
Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʿaqrab, “scorpion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a.laˈkɾãn]
Noun
alacran m (plural alacranes)
- scorpion
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 105v.
- […] preſtal contra contra toda ferida de culuebra o de alacran. o de otra beſtia emponzonada.
- […] it serves against any injury made by a snake or a scorpion, or of any other venomous beast.
- […] preſtal contra contra toda ferida de culuebra o de alacran. o de otra beſtia emponzonada.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 105v.
Synonyms
Descendants
- Spanish: alacrán
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