lagartixa
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lagartixa
Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1409. Borrowed from Old Spanish lagartixa.
Pronunciation
Noun
lagartixa f (plural lagartixas)
- a small lizard
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lagartixa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lagartixa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lagartixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lagartixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed either from Old Spanish lagartixa or from Spanish lagartija, related to lagarto (“lizard”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧gar‧ti‧xa
Noun
lagartixa f (plural lagartixas)
- a small lizard
- Synonym: (Brazil) calango
- (chiefly Brazil) any small, wall-crawling lizard species, such as a house lizard
- (Brazil, derogatory) an ugly skinny person, especially a woman
Descendants
- → Hunsrik: Lagartisch
References
- “lagartixa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “lagartixa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024