lazareto

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lazzaretto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.zaˈɾe.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.zaˈɾe.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.zaˈɾe.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.zɐˈɾe.tu/

• Hyphenation: la‧za‧re‧to

Noun

lazareto m (plural lazaretos)

1. leprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)

   Synonyms: leprosário, leprosório, gafaria, leprosaria

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lazzaretto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /laθaˈɾeto/ [la.θaˈɾe.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /lasaˈɾeto/ [la.saˈɾe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: la‧za‧re‧to

Noun

lazareto m (plural lazaretos)

1. lazaretto (a place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis)

Further reading

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