escroto
Aragonese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin scrōtum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkɾoto/
- Syllabification: es‧cro‧to
- Rhymes: -oto
Noun
escroto m (plural escrotos)
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin scrōtum.
Noun
escroto m (plural escrotos)
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/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈkɾo.tu/
- Rhymes: -otu
Noun
escroto m (plural escrotos)
Related terms
- escrotal
- escrotocele
Adjective
escroto (feminine escrota, masculine plural escrotos, feminine plural escrotas)
- (Brazil, vulgar) despicable, mean, contemptible, scoundrel
Further reading
- “escroto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “escroto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: eskroto
References
- ^ 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
- “escroto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024