lagarto
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lagarto
See also: Lagarto
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.
Pronunciation
Noun
lagarto m (plural lagartos)
- lizard
- 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:
- Contra a door que chama "llaçerto", que quer dizer lagarto ...
- Against the illness that they call "lacerto", which means lizard ...
- (cooking) pork cut, using the iliocostalis muscle between the spine and loin
Adjective
lagarto (feminine lagarta, masculine plural lagartos, feminine plural lagartas)
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lagart”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lagarto”, 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), “lagarto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lagarto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
lagarto m (plural lagartos)
- lizard (any reptile of the order Squamata other than snakes)
- (Azores) lizardfish
- (Guinea-Bissau) large lizard, crocodile
- (cooking) topside (outer side of a round of beef)
- (Portugal, soccer, derogatory) a supporter, player or coach of Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Synonym: sportinguista
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “lagarto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “lagarto”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
- “lagarto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “lagarto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “lagarto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.
Pronunciation
Noun
lagarto m (plural lagartos)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ⇒ English: alligator
Further reading
- “lagarto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10