alacrán
See also: alacran
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish alacran, from Andalusian Arabic العَقْرَب (al-ʿaqráb), from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʿaqrab, “scorpion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alaˈkɾan/ [a.laˈkɾãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: a‧la‧crán
Noun
alacrán m (plural alacranes)
- scorpion
- Synonym: escorpión
Descendants
- → Kapampangan: alakdan
- → Tagalog: alakdan
Further reading
- “alacrán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014