Polyglot Dictionary

lacraia

/laˈkɾaja/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as lacraias

Meaning

  1. centipede

    • Uma lacraia rasteja pelo chão.

      A centipede crawls across the floor.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

centopeia

lacraia is more colloquial or regional, Brazilian; centopeia is more standard — both mean "centipede."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

ciempiés

ciempiés is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "centipede."

French

mille-pattes

mille-pattes is the French word for the same thing — both mean "centipede."

French

scolopendre

scolopendre is the French word for the same thing — both mean "centipede."

Practice

1 What does lacraia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Uma ___ rasteja pelo chão.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lacraia?

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