lacrau

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alacrau, alacrão (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alacran (“scorpion”), from Arabic العَقْرَب (al-ʕaqrab, “the scorpion”). Doublet of lacraia. Compare Spanish alacrán.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈkɾaw/ [laˈkɾaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈkɾaw/

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: la‧crau

Noun

lacrau m (plural lacraus)

1. (informal) scorpion

   Synonym: escorpião

Related terms

• lacraia
• licranço

Further reading

• lacrau on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt