Noun: scarafaggio
Gender: m
Hyphenation: sca‧ra‧fàg‧gio
| Singular m | scarafaggio |
| Plural m | scarafaggi |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like scarafaggio
paleggio,
bisticcio,
sercio,
seggio,
saggio,
salcio,
taralluccio,
cappellaccio,
sorcio,
soglio,
acquaticcio,
pagliericcio,
picchettaggio,
pappatacio,
ciclaggio,
colaticcio,
appannaggio,
bunkeraggio,
motteggio,
grippaggio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
For Vulgar Latin *scarafaius (cf. 10th c. glosses scarafagius), a local, perhaps Oscanized variant of Latin scarabaeus (“scarab, dung beetle”), of uncertain origin. This variant is also reflected by several Provencal forms. Compare Sicilian scravagghiu and Venetan scarafajo. See: Latin Nouns '
scarabaeus'.
Verbs referencing "scarafaggio"
Spanish Nouns
escarabajo.
Translations