eruga

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

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

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eruga f (plural erugues)

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

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

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “eruga”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From Old Occitan eruga, eruca, from Latin ērūca.

• IPA^(key): [eˈryɣo]

eruga f (plural erugas)

1. A caterpillar (a lepidopteran larva)

From Latin eruca. Compare Galician eiruga.

• Rhymes: -uɡɐ
• Hyphenation: e‧ru‧ga

eruga f (plural erugas)

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

• “eruga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “eruga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

From Latin eruca.

eruga f (plural erugas)

1. alternative form of ruga