lazareto
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lazzaretto.
Noun
lazareto m (plural lazaretos)
- leprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)
- Synonyms: leprosário, leprosório, gafaria, leprosaria
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lazzaretto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /laθaˈɾeto/ [la.θaˈɾe.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /lasaˈɾeto/ [la.saˈɾe.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: la‧za‧re‧to
Noun
lazareto m (plural lazaretos)
- lazaretto
Further reading
- “lazareto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014