scarafaggio

Meaning

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

Concepts

cockroach

🪳

roach

beetle

🪲

dung beetle

bug

🐛

black beetle

scraper

coleopteron

Synonyms

blatta

🪳

coleottero

scarafaggi

coleotteri

scarabeo

cimici

scardafèlla

bagherozzolo

scarafóne

Translations

cucaracha

🪳

cafard

barata

🪳

blatte

🪳

Schabe

escarabajo

🪲

kakkerlak

🪳

cancrelat

🪳

Kakerlake

🪳

escarabat

🪲

Käfer

🪲

blatta

scarabée

🪲

κατσαρίδα

Hyphenated as

sca‧ra‧fàg‧gio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ska.raˈfad.d͡ʒo/

Etymology

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.