alacrán

See also: alacran

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish alacran, from Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (al‘aqráb), from Arabic عَقْرَب‎ (ʿaqrab, “scorpion”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alaˈkɾan/, [alaˈkɾãn]
Rhymes: -an

Noun

alacrán m (plural alacranes)

scorpion
Synonym: escorpión

Further reading

“alacrán” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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