cigarra
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *cicāla (or an alternate Iberian variant form *cicāra; compare Spanish cigarra), from Latin cicāda.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aʁɐ
- Hyphenation: ci‧gar‧ra
Noun[edit]
cigarra f (plural cigarras)
- cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *cicāla (or an alternate Iberian variant form *cicāra[1]; compare Portuguese cigarra), from Latin cicāda. Cf. also the form cigala. Compare Catalan cigala, Occitan cigala, Italian cicala, Romanian cicoare. See also chicharra, which may be of Mozarabic origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈɡara/ [θiˈɣ̞a.ra]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈɡara/ [siˈɣ̞a.ra]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Hyphenation: ci‧ga‧rra
Noun[edit]
cigarra f (plural cigarras)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading[edit]
- “cigarra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aʁɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aʁɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ara
- Rhymes:Spanish/ara/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Insects