lagarta

Portuguese

lagarta

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *lacarta, from Latin lacerta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ.tɐ/ [laˈɡah.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ.tɐ/ [laˈɡah.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ.tɐ/ [laˈɡaχ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɻ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡaɾ.tɐ/ [lɐˈɣaɾ.tɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtɐ, (Brazil) -aʁtɐ
• Hyphenation: la‧gar‧ta

Noun

lagarta f (plural lagartas)

1. caterpillar
2. caterpillar track

Related terms

• lagarto

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾta/ [laˈɣ̞aɾ.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -aɾta
• Syllabification: la‧gar‧ta

Noun

lagarta f (plural lagartas)

1. gypsy moth
2. (slang, vulgar, offensive) bitch

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