escroto

Aragonese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scrōtum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkɾoto/
  • Syllabification: es‧cro‧to
  • Rhymes: -oto

Noun

escroto m (plural escrotos)

  1. (anatomy) scrotum

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scrōtum.

Noun

escroto m (plural escrotos)

  1. (anatomy) scrotum

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scrōtum.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈkɾo.tu/, /esˈkɾo.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈkɾo.tu/, /eʃˈkɾo.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈkɾo.to/

  • Rhymes: -otu

Noun

escroto m (plural escrotos)

  1. (anatomy) scrotum

Adjective

escroto (feminine escrota, masculine plural escrotos, feminine plural escrotas)

  1. (Brazil, vulgar) despicable, mean, contemptible, scoundrel

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scrōtum. First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkɾoto/ [esˈkɾo.t̪o]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: es‧cro‧to

Noun

escroto m (plural escrotos)

  1. (anatomy) scrotum

Descendants

  • Tagalog: eskroto

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “escroto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading