langosta

langosta

Finnish

Noun

langosta

1. elative singular of lanko

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laŋˈɡosta̝/

Noun

langosta m (plural langostas)

1. Alternative form of lagosta

References

• “langosta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, lōcusta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lanˈɡosta/

Noun

langosta f (plural langostas)

1. locust
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 15r.

     Clamo amoẏſé ¬ a pharaon. e dixo peq́ al uŕo ſénor dios. Rogat por mi q́ me p̠done eſta uez ſola. E riedre deſobre my eſta muert. Rogo moiſen al nŕo ſénor. ¬ veno uiéto de fauóno ¬ echo toda la langoſta en la mar.

     Pharaoh called Moses and said, “I have sinned against your Lord God. Pray that He forgive me just this once, and that he remove this death from over me.” [So] Moses prayed to Our Lord, and the west wind came and cast all the locusts into the sea.

Descendants

• Spanish: langosta

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• lagosta

Etymology

From Old Spanish langosta, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lanˈɡosta/ [lãŋˈɡos.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -osta
• Syllabification: lan‧gos‧ta

Noun

langosta f (plural langostas)

1. lobster
2. locust

Derived terms

• langostino m

See also

• cangrejo m

Further reading

• “langosta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014