escarabajo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish escaravayo (with the ending replaced by the pejorative -ajo), from Vulgar Latin *scarafaius (cf. Italian scarafaggio, Old Galician-Portuguese escaraveo), from Latin scarabaeus (“scarab, beetle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “crab, beetle”). Cognate with English scarab.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskaɾaˈbaxo/ [es.ka.ɾaˈβ̞a.xo]
  • Rhymes: -axo
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra‧ba‧jo

Noun

escarabajo m (plural escarabajos)

  1. beetle
  2. (automotive) Volkswagen Beetle
    Synonym: (Mexico) Vocho
    • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 101:
      El escarabajo no tira casi nada. La verdad es que no entiendo cómo ha podido pasar la Iteuve.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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