lacrau

Portuguese

lacrau

Etymology

From Old Portuguese alacran (“scorpion”), from Arabic العَقْرَب‎ (al-ʿaqrab, “the scorpion”).

Cognate with Maltese għakreb, Spanish alacrán and Turkish akrep.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐ.ˈkɾaw/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /la.ˈkɾaw/
  • Hyphenation: la‧crau

Noun

lacrau m (plural lacraus)

  1. scorpion

Synonyms

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