lazareto

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian lazzaretto. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: la‧za‧re‧to === Noun === lazareto m (plural lazaretos) leprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people) Synonyms: leprosário, leprosório, gafaria, leprosaria === Further reading === “lazareto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian lazzaretto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laθaˈɾeto/ [la.θaˈɾe.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /lasaˈɾeto/ [la.saˈɾe.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eto Syllabification: la‧za‧re‧to === Noun === lazareto m (plural lazaretos) 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025