lagosta

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /laˈɡosta/ [lɑˈɣ̞os̺.t̪ɐ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /laˈħosta/ [lɑˈħos̺.t̪ɐ]

  • Rhymes: -osta
  • Hyphenation: la‧gos‧ta

Noun

lagosta f (plural lagostas)

  1. lobster, especially the rock lobster (Palinurus elephas)
    • 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 296:
      que lle tomara e roubara ena Portella d'Azebedo, hun capuço nouo de morilla et hua capa trabera de mescra branca et hua çinta e hun esqeiro et çen pares de brancas et hun frolín en ouro et seys congros frescos et quatro lagostas
      that they took and robbed from him, in the pass of Acevedo, a new hood of dark cloth and a cloak of white mixed clothe and a ribbon and a tindebox and a hundred pairs of brancas and a florin of gold and six fresh congers and four lobsters
  2. locust

Derived terms

  • Langosteira

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagosta, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈɡos.tɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /laˈɡoʃ.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈɡos.ta/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐˈɡoʃ.tɐ/ [lɐˈɣoʃ.tɐ]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostɐ, (Portugal) -oʃtɐ

Noun

lagosta f (plural lagostas)

  1. lobster

Derived terms

  • lagosta-americana
  • lagosta-da-mauritânia
  • lagosta-da-pedra
  • lagosta-gafanhoto
  • lagostim
  • lagostinha

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈɡosta/ [laˈɣ̞os.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -osta
  • Syllabification: la‧gos‧ta

Noun

lagosta f (plural lagostas)

  1. (obsolete) locust, lobster
    Synonym: langosta

Further reading