langosta

langosta

1. elative singular of lanko

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

langosta m (plural langostas)

1. alternative form of lagosta

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “langosta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “langosta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, lōcusta.

• IPA^(key): /lanˈɡosta/

langosta f (plural langostas)

1. locust
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 15r:

     Clamo amoẏſẽ ⁊ a pharaon. e dixo peq̃ al ur̃o ſẽnor dios. Rogat por mi q̃ me ꝑdone eſta uez ſola. E riedre deſobre my eſta muert. Rogo moiſen al nr̃o ſẽnor. ⁊ veno uiẽto de fauõno ⁊ echo toda la langoſta en la mar.

     Pharaoh called Moses and said, “I have sinned against your Lord God. Pray that He forgive me just this once, and that He remove this death from over me.” [So] Moses prayed to our Lord, and the west wind came and cast all the locusts into the sea.

• Spanish: langosta

• lagosta

Inherited from Old Spanish langosta, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta.

• IPA^(key): /lanˈɡosta/ [lãŋˈɡos.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -osta
• Syllabification: lan‧gos‧ta

langosta f (plural langostas)

1. lobster
2. locust

• cangrejo m

• “langosta”, 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