cigarra

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *cicāla (or an alternate Iberian variant form *cicāra; compare Spanish cigarra), from Latin cicāda.

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)

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Spanish

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *cicāla (or an alternate Iberian variant form *cicāra; 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

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

Noun

cigarra f (plural cigarras)

1. cicada

Related terms

• cigala
• cigarro

Further reading

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