# lagarto
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈɡaɾto/ [lɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ.t̪ʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /laˈɡaɾto/ [lɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ.t̪ʊ]
* IPA: (gheada) /laˈħaɾto/ [lɑˈħɑɾ.t̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -aɾto
* Hyphenation: la‧gar‧to

### Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)
* lizard
* (cooking) pork cut, using the iliocostalis muscle between the spine and loin

### Adjective

lagarto (feminine lagarta, masculine plural lagartos, feminine plural lagartas)
* (figurative) unreliable; mischievous

#### Derived terms

* herba do lagarto
* lagarteira
* lagarteiro
* lagartixa
* lagarto arnal

### References

* “lagarto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lagarto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lagarto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lagarto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacerta.
Cognate with Old Spanish lagarto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈɡaɾto/
* Rhymes: -aɾto
* Hyphenation: la‧gar‧to

### Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)
* lizard
** 1420, Álvaro Eans das Eiras, transl., Tratado de Albeitaria, translation of De Medicina Equorum by Giordano Ruffo, page 101:Contra a door que chama "llaçerto", que quer dizer lagarto ...Against the illness that they call "lacerto", which means lizard ...

#### Related terms

* lagartixa

#### Descendants

* Fala: lagartu
* Galician: lagarto
* Portuguese: lagarto (see there for further descendants)

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lagarto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacerta.
Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈɡaɾto/
* Rhymes: -aɾto
* Hyphenation: la‧gar‧to

### Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)
* lizard

#### Derived terms

* lagartixa

#### Descendants

* Spanish: lagarto (see there for further descendants)

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “lagarto”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 297

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* largato (eye dialect)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus, of uncertain origin.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈɡaʁ.tu/ [laˈɡah.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈɡaʁ.tu/ [laˈɡah.tu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /laˈɡaɾ.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /laˈɡaʁ.tu/ [laˈɡaχ.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /laˈɡaɻ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐˈɡaɾ.tu/ [lɐˈɣaɾ.tu]
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtu, (Brazil) -aʁtu
* Hyphenation: la‧gar‧to

### Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)
* lizard (any reptile of the order Squamata other than snakes)
* (Azores) lizardfish
* (Guinea-Bissau) large lizard, crocodile
* (cooking) topside (outer side of a round of beef)
    Synonyms: pojadouro, (North Brazil) paulista, (South Brazil) tatu
* (Portugal, soccer, derogatory) a supporter, player or coach of Sporting Clube de Portugal
    Synonym: sportinguista

#### Derived terms

* dizer cobras e lagartos
* lagartear
* lagarto-ágil
* lagarto-cego
* lagarto-de-água
* lagarto-de-contas
* lagarto-de-gola
* lagarto-do-mar
* lagarto-do-nilo
* lagarto-do-rolo
* lagarto-jacaré
* lagarto-minhoca
* lagarto-monitor
* lagarto-preguiça
* lagarto-tatu
* lagarto-verde
* peixe-lagarto

#### Related terms

* lagarta
* lagartixa

#### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: lagártu
* → Hunsrik: Lagart

### Further reading

* “lagarto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “lagarto”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
* “lagarto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “lagarto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “lagarto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈɡaɾto/ [laˈɣ̞aɾ.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -aɾto
* Syllabification: la‧gar‧to

### Noun

lagarto m (plural lagartos)
* lizard
* (Cuba, slang) beer

#### Derived terms

* cola de lagarto
* lagarto colorado
* lagarto Jesucristo
* lagarto overo
* lagarto tizón
* lagartón

#### Related terms

* lagarta
* lagartija

#### Descendants

* ⇒ English: alligator

### Further reading

* “lagarto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10