lagartixa

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1409. Borrowed from Old Spanish lagartixa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laɣaɾˈtiʃɐ]

Noun

lagartixa f (plural lagartixas)

1. a small lizard

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lagartixa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lagartixa”, 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), “lagartixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lagartixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

lagartixa

Etymology

Borrowed either from Old Spanish lagartixa or from Spanish lagartija, related to lagarto (“lizard”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.ɡaʁˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ/ [la.ɡahˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.ɡaʁˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ/ [la.ɡahˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /la.ɡaɾˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /la.ɡaʁˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ/ [la.ɡaχˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.ɡaɻˈt͡ʃi.ʃa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.ɡɐɾˈti.ʃɐ/ [lɐ.ɣɐɾˈti.ʃɐ]

• Hyphenation: la‧gar‧ti‧xa

Noun

lagartixa f (plural lagartixas)

1. a small lizard

   Synonym: (Brazil) calango

2. (chiefly Brazil) any small, wall-crawling lizard species, such as a house lizard
3. (Brazil, derogatory) an ugly skinny person, especially a woman

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Lagartisch

References

• “lagartixa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “lagartixa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024