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scarafaggio

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (masculine) cockroach
  2. (figuratively, masculine) a short person that has black hair or usually wears black clothes

Frekwensie

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Gekoppel as
sca‧ra‧fàg‧gio
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ska.raˈfad.d͡ʒo/
Etimologie (Engels)

For Vulgar Latin *scarafaius (cf. 10th c. glosses scarafagius), a local, perhaps Oscanized variant of Latin scarabaeus (“scarab, dung beetle”), of uncertain origin. This variant is also reflected by several Provencal forms. Compare Sicilian scravagghiu and Venetan scarafajo.

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