tarántula

See also: tarantula, Tarantula, tarântula, tarantúla, and tarantulă

Spanish

Una tarántula en Cuba.

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tarántula f (plural tarántulas)

1. tarantula

Further reading

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