lavagante

Portuguese

lavagante

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Spanish lobagante (“lobster”), from Latin *lucopante, from Ancient Greek λυκοπάνθηρος (lukopánthēros, “snow leopard”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈɡɐ̃.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [lɐ.vɐˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [lɐ.vɐˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.bɐˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [lɐ.βɐˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: la‧va‧gan‧te

Noun

lavagante m (plural lavagantes)

1. European lobster (Homarus gammarus)

Further reading

• lavagante on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt