lagarta

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *lacarta, from Latin lacerta. Mostly displaced the inherited eruga, from Latin eruca (“caterpillar”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtɐ, (Brazil) -aʁtɐ Hyphenation: la‧gar‧ta === Noun === lagarta f (plural lagartas) caterpillar Synonym: eruca caterpillar track Synonym: eruca ==== Related terms ==== lagarto === Further reading === “lagarta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laˈɡaɾta/ [laˈɣ̞aɾ.t̪a] Rhymes: -aɾta Syllabification: la‧gar‧ta === Noun === lagarta f (plural lagartas) gypsy moth (slang, vulgar, offensive) bitch === Further reading === “lagarto”, 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