lagarto

See also: Lagarto

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laˈɣaɾto̝]

Noun

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

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

1. (figurative) unreliable; mischievous

Derived terms

• herba do lagarto
• lagarteira
• lagarteiro
• lagartixa
• lagarto arnal

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lagart”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lagarto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lagarto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lagarto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

lagarto

Alternative forms

• largato (eye dialect)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ.tu/ [laˈɡah.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ.tu/ [laˈɡah.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ.tu/ [laˈɡaχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡaɾ.tu/ [lɐˈɣaɾ.tu]

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• dizer cobras e lagartos
• lagartear
• lagarto-ágil
• lagarto-cego
• lagarto-de-água
• lagarto-de-contas
• lagarto-de-gola
• lagarto-do-mar
• lagarto-do-nilo
• lagarto-do-rolo
• lagarto-jacaré
• lagarto-minhoca
• lagarto-monitor
• lagarto-preguiça
• lagarto-tatu
• lagarto-verde
• peixe-lagarto

 

Related terms

• lagarta
• lagartixa

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: lagártu
• → Hunsrik: Lagart

Further reading

• “lagarto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “lagarto”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “lagarto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “lagarto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “lagarto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)

1. lizard
2. (Cuba, slang) beer

Derived terms

• cola de lagarto
• lagarto colorado
• lagarto Jesucristo
• lagarto overo
• lagarto tizón
• lagartón

 

Related terms

• lagarta
• lagartija

 

Descendants

• ⇒ English: alligator

Further reading

• “lagarto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014