escarabacho

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• escaraballo
• escarabaixo

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin scarabaius, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”). Maybe due to Spanish influence, with a wrong correction of the Spanish word and the phoneme /x/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaɾaˈbat͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra‧ba‧cho

Noun

escarabacho m

1. beetle