escaravelho

Portuguese

escaravelho

Alternative forms

• escarabelho

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /es.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /is.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/, /es.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /es.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /is.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/, /es.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /eʃ.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /iʃ.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/, /eʃ.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎo/, /es.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎo/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧ra‧ve‧lho

Noun

escaravelho m (plural escaravelhos)

1. beetle (insect)
2. scarab

Synonyms

• escarabídeo, escarabeídeo, rola-bosta, vira-bosta

Hypernyms

• besouro

Derived terms

• escaravelho-coração
• escaravelho-japonês
• escaravelho-sagrado
• escaravelho-vermelho