garapata

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish garrapata.

Noun

garapata (plural garapatas)

  1. (US) A kind of wood tick.
    • 1873, United States. Navy Department, Annual Reports of the Navy Department, page 188:
      […] principally among the former were the garapatas, a vicious species of wood-tick, which swarm almost every leaf and plant growing near the ground […]
    • 1890, Thomas Wallace Knox, The Boy Travellers in Mexico, page 508:
      One of the worst annoyances of their visit to Uxmal was that whenever they moved about they became covered with garapatas. The garapata is a tick so small that it is hardly perceptible to the naked eye, but it is capable of making a bite or sting like that of a red ant or a hot needle.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish garrapata.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ra‧pa‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ɡaɾaˈpata/

Noun

garapata

  1. tick

Hiligaynon

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish garrapata.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ra‧pa‧ta

Noun

garapata

  1. tick

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish garrapata.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ra‧pa‧ta

Noun

garapata

  1. tick

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish garrapata.

Pronunciation

Noun

garapata (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜇᜉᜆ)

  1. tick

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