escarabaixo

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): /eskaɾaˈba(i̯)ʃo/
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra‧bai‧xo
  • Rhymes: -a(i̯)ʃo

Noun

escarabaixo m

  1. beetle
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