eruga

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ērūca, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Compare Occitan eruga, Sardinian ruga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈɾu.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈɾu.ɣa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

eruga f (plural erugues)

1. caterpillar (a lepidopteran larva)
2. caterpillar track
3. caterpillar (a vehicle with caterpillar tracks)

Derived terms

• erugat
• eruguera

See also

• arna f (“moth”)
• papallona f (“butterfly”)

References

• “eruga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan eruga, eruca, from Latin ērūca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eˈryɣo]

Noun

eruga f (plural erugas)

1. A caterpillar (a lepidopteran larva)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin eruca. Compare Galician eiruga.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈɾu.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈɾu.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈɾu.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɾu.ɡɐ/ [iˈɾu.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: -uɡɐ
• Hyphenation: e‧ru‧ga

Noun

eruga f (plural erugas)

1. (rare) synonym of eruca (“caterpillar, arugula”)

Further reading

• “eruga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “eruga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• ruga, berruca, arruga, ferruga, orruca, verruga, rugaruga

Etymology

From Latin eruca.

Noun

eruga f (plural erugas)

1. Variant of ruga