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Spanish
Etymology
Per Roberts, probably a metathesis and apocope of *gacaparrata, from Old Spanish caparra, of pre-Roman origin; compare Basque gaparra, kaparra (“bramble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaraˈpata/
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: ga‧rra‧pa‧ta
Noun
garrapata f (plural garrapatas)
- tick (parasitic arachnid)
- Synonym: rezno
2021 October 23, Esther Sánchez, “La garrapata del virus Crimea-Congo se desplaza hacia el norte de España y Europa por el cambio climático”, in El País:En España existen más de 50 especies de garrapatas, pero hay una especialmente peligrosa del género Hyalomma que transmite el virus de la fiebre hemorrágica de Crimea-Congo, una enfermedad que es mortal para una media de entre el 10% y 15% de los infectados.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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