tarántula

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tarantula (“wolf spider”), from Italian tarantola, from Taranto (“Taranto (city in Italy where wolf spiders are frequently found)”), from Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρας (Táras) (genitive singular Τάραντος (Tárantos)), possibly from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”).

• IPA^(key): /taˈɾantula/ [t̪aˈɾãn̪.t̪u.la]
• Rhymes: -antula
• Syllabification: ta‧rán‧tu‧la

tarántula f (plural tarántulas)

1. tarantula

• “tarántula”, 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