escarabacho

Aragonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin scarabaius, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”). Maybe due to Spanish influence, with a wrong correction of the Spanish word and the phoneme /x/.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskaɾaˈbat͡ʃo/
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra‧ba‧cho
  • Rhymes: -atʃo

Noun

escarabacho m

  1. beetle
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