lagarto

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.

Pronunciation

Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)

  1. 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 ...
  2. (cooking) pork sirloin

Adjective

lagarto (feminine lagarta, masculine plural lagartos, feminine plural lagartas)

  1. (figurative) unreliable; mischievous

Derived terms

References

  • “lagart” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “lagarto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “lagarto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “lagarto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

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lagarto

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtu, (Brazil) -aʁtu
  • Hyphenation: la‧gar‧to

Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)

  1. lizard (any reptile of the order Squamata other than snakes)
  2. (Azores) lizardfish
  3. (Guinea-Bissau) large lizard, crocodile
  4. (cooking) topside (outer side of a round of beef)
    Synonyms: pojadouro, (North Brazil) paulista, (South Brazil) tatu
  5. (Portugal, soccer, derogatory) a supporter, player or coach of Sporting Clube de Portugal
    Synonym: sportinguista

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Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: lagártu
  • → Hunsrik: Lagart

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈɡaɾto/
  • Rhymes: -aɾto
  • Syllabification: la‧gar‧to

Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)

  1. lizard
  2. (Cuba, slang) beer

Derived terms

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Descendants

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