carrapato

Galician

Carracha

Noun

carrapato m (plural carrapatos)

1. tick

   Synonyms: carracho, carracha, carrapata, carraza

Further reading

• “carrapato”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably either directly from or derived from the same source as Spanish garrapata.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁaˈpa.tu/ [ka.haˈpa.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁaˈpa.tu/ [ka.haˈpa.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁaˈpa.tu/ [ka.χaˈpa.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁaˈpa.to/ [ka.haˈpa.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʁɐˈpa.tu/

• Hyphenation: car‧ra‧pa‧to

Noun

carrapato m (plural carrapatos)

1. tick (arthropod)

Further reading

• “carrapato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “carrapato” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913