alacran

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === alacra, alacram === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic العَقْرَب (al-ʕaqrab, “scorpion”). Cognate with Old Spanish alacran. === Noun === alacran m (plural alacrães) scorpion (any arachnid of the order Scorpiones) Synonym: escorpiõ ==== Descendants ==== Galician: alacrán Portuguese: lacrau, alacrau, alacrão (archaic), alacrara, >? lacraia === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “alacr”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “alacran”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “alacran”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “lacrau”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, “scorpion”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alaˈkɾan/ === Noun === alacran m (plural alacranes) scorpion ==== Synonyms ==== escorpion m ==== Descendants ==== Ladino: alakran Spanish: alacrán→ Kapampangan: alakdan→ Tagalog: alakdan, anaklang