# lagosta
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* lagostra, langosta, langostra

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, of uncertain origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈɡosta/ [lɑˈɣ̞os̺.t̪ɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /laˈɡosta/ [lɑˈɣ̞os̺.t̪ɐ]
* IPA: (gheada) /laˈħosta/ [lɑˈħos̺.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -osta
* Hyphenation: la‧gos‧ta

### Noun

lagosta f (plural lagostas)
* lobster, especially the rock lobster (Palinurus elephas)
** 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 296:que lle tomara e roubara ena Portella d'Azebedo, hun capuço nouo de morilla et hua capa trabera de mescra branca et hua çinta e hun esqeiro et çen pares de brancas et hun frolín en ouro et seys congros frescos et quatro lagostasthat they took and robbed from him, in the pass of Acevedo, a new hood of dark cloth and a cloak of white mixed clothe and a ribbon and a tindebox and a hundred pairs of brancas and a florin of gold and six fresh congers and four lobsters
* locust

#### Derived terms

* Langosteira

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lagosta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lagosta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lagosta”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “langosta”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “lagostra”, 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), “lagosta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lagosta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “lagosta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “lagosta” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagosta, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, of uncertain origin.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈɡos.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈɡos.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /laˈɡoʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /laˈɡos.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐˈɡoʃ.tɐ/ [lɐˈɣoʃ.tɐ]
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostɐ, (Portugal) -oʃtɐ

### Noun

lagosta f (plural lagostas)
* lobster

#### Derived terms

* lagosta-americana
* lagosta-da-mauritânia
* lagosta-da-pedra
* lagosta-gafanhoto
* lagostim
* lagostinha

### Further reading

* “lagosta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “lagosta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, of uncertain origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈɡosta/ [laˈɣ̞os.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -osta
* Syllabification: la‧gos‧ta

### Noun

lagosta f (plural lagostas)
* (obsolete) locust, lobster
    Synonym: langosta

### Further reading

* “lagosta”, 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