lagartixa
Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1409. Borrowed from Old Spanish lagartixa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [laɣaɾˈtiʃɐ]
References
- “lagartixa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “lagartixa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “lagartixa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “lagartixa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
lagartixa
Etymology
Borrowed either from Old Spanish lagartixa or from Spanish lagartija.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /la.ɡaʁˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ/ [la.ɡahˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /la.ɡaɾˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /la.ɡaʁˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ/ [la.ɡaχˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /la.ɡaɻˈt͡ʃi.ʃa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐ.ɡɐɾˈti.ʃɐ/ [lɐ.ɣɐɾˈti.ʃɐ]
- Hyphenation: la‧gar‧ti‧xa
Noun
lagartixa f (plural lagartixas)
- a small lizard
- (chiefly Brazil) any small, wall-crawling lizard species
- (Brazil, derogatory) an ugly skinny person, especially a woman
Descendants
- → Hunsrik: Lagartisch
References
- “lagartixa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “lagartixa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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