cockroach
Significat (Anglès)
- Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite.
- (offensive, slang) A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.
- (Australia, derogatory, especially, humorous, slang) A person from New South Wales.
- (Australia, obsolete, slang) A hard lump of brown sugar.
Conceptes
Sinònims
blackbeetle
dictyopterous insect
oriental roach
croton bug
coleopteron
black-beetle
inyenzi
Asiatic cockroach
Traduccions
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈkɑkɹoʊt͡ʃ/
Etimologia (Anglès)
From Spanish cucaracha, from cuca (“butterfly caterpillars”), of onomatopoeic origin; see also Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux) and Late Latin cucus. Influenced, by means of folk etymology, by cock and roach. Doublet of cucaracha.
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