Similar words
escorpión
escorpión is the more standard or scientific word for "scorpion"; alacrán is used more colloquially or regionally, especially in Latin America.
Similar in other languages
French
scorpion
scorpion is the French word for the same thing — both mean "scorpion."
Portuguese
escorpião
escorpião is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "scorpion."
Practice
1 What does alacrán mean?
scorpion
2 Fill the gap: Un ___ picó al perro.
Full sentence: Un alacrán picó al perro. (A scorpion stung the dog.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches alacrán?
alacrán: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.