escarabajo

== Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish escaravayo (with the ending replaced by the pejorative -ajo), from Vulgar Latin *scarafaius (cf. Italian scarafaggio, Old Galician-Portuguese escaraveo), from Latin scarabaeus (“scarab, beetle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “crab, beetle”). Cognate with English scarab. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaɾaˈbaxo/ [es.ka.ɾaˈβ̞a.xo] Rhymes: -axo Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra‧ba‧jo === Noun === escarabajo m (plural escarabajos) beetle (automotive) Volkswagen Beetle Synonym: (Mexico) Vocho ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “escarabajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “escarabajo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 675