escarapote
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Galician
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin scorpiō (“scorpion”) + the augmentative Galician suffix -ote, influenced by escarpa (“splinter, thorn”) of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]escarapote m (plural escarapotes)
Synonyms
[edit]- escarpón (“red scorpionfish”), porco de mar (“black scorpionfish”, literally “sea-pig”)
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escarapote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escarapote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escarapote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN