escarapote

Galician

escarapote or escarpón

Etymology

From Latin scorpiō (“scorpion”) + the augmentative Galician suffix -ote, influenced by escarpa (“splinter, thorn”) of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaɾaˈpɔte̝/

Noun

escarapote m (plural escarapotes)

1. (zoology) red scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)
2. (zoology) black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus)

Synonyms

• escarpón (“red scorpionfish”), porco de mar (“black scorpionfish”, literally “sea-pig”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escarapote”, 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), “escarapote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escarapote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN