escaravelho

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • escarabelho

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /es.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /is.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/, /es.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /eʃ.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/, /iʃ.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/, /eʃ.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎo/, /es.ka.ɾaˈvɛ.ʎo/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐ.ɾɐˈvɐ(j).ʎu/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐ.ɾɐˈbe.ʎu/ [(i)ʃ.kɐ.ɾɐˈβe.ʎu]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐ.ɾɐˈve.ʎu/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐ.ɾɐˈve.ʎu/

  • Audio (Brazil):(file)
  • Hyphenation: es‧ca‧ra‧ve‧lho

Noun

escaravelho m (plural escaravelhos)

  1. beetle (insect)
  2. scarab

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Derived terms

  • escaravelho-coração
  • escaravelho-da-batata
  • escaravelho-japonês
  • escaravelho-rinoceronte
  • escaravelho-sagrado
  • escaravelho-vermelho
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