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scarafaggio

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Frequenz

C2
Mit Bindestrich als
sca‧ra‧fàg‧gio
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ska.raˈfad.d͡ʒo/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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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