cigarra

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicāda. The unstressed /i/ is a bit unusual and may reflect Mozarabic influence.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [siˈɡa.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [siˈɡa.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [siˈɡa.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈɡa.ʁa/ [siˈɡa.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [siˈɣa.ʁɐ]

• Rhymes: -aʁɐ
• Hyphenation: ci‧gar‧ra

Noun

cigarra f (plural cigarras)

1. cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicāda. Doublet of chicharra, which arrived via Mozarabic. The unstressed /i/ is a bit unusual and may reflect Mozarabic influence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈɡara/ [θiˈɣ̞a.ra]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siˈɡara/ [siˈɣ̞a.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ci‧ga‧rra

Noun

cigarra f (plural cigarras)

1. cicada

Related terms

• cigala
• cigarro

 

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “cigarra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 72

Further reading

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