lagarto

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.

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Noun

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lagarto m (plural lagartos)

  1. lizard
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:
      Contra a door que chama "llaçerto", que quer dizer lagarto ...
      Against the illness that they call "lacerto", which means lizard ...
  2. (cooking) pork cut, using the iliocostalis muscle between the spine and loin

Adjective

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lagarto (feminine lagarta, masculine plural lagartos, feminine plural lagartas)

  1. (figurative) unreliable; mischievous

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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lagarto

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtu, (Brazil) -aʁtu
  • Hyphenation: la‧gar‧to

Noun

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lagarto m (plural lagartos)

  1. lizard (any reptile of the order Squamata other than snakes)
  2. (Azores) lizardfish
  3. (Guinea-Bissau) large lizard, crocodile
  4. (cooking) topside (outer side of a round of beef)
    Synonyms: pojadouro, (North Brazil) paulista, (South Brazil) tatu
  5. (Portugal, soccer, derogatory) a supporter, player or coach of Sporting Clube de Portugal
    Synonym: sportinguista

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Descendants

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  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: lagártu
  • Hunsrik: Lagart

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laˈɡaɾto/ [laˈɣ̞aɾ.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -aɾto
  • Syllabification: la‧gar‧to

Noun

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lagarto m (plural lagartos)

  1. lizard
  2. (Cuba, slang) beer

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