lazareto
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lazzaretto.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /la.zaˈɾe.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /la.zaˈɾe.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐ.zɐˈɾe.tu/
- Hyphenation: la‧za‧re‧to
Noun
lazareto m (plural lazaretos)
- leprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)
- Synonyms: leprosário, leprosório, gafaria, leprosaria
Further reading
- “lazareto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lazzaretto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laθaˈɾeto/ [la.θaˈɾe.t̪o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /lasaˈɾeto/ [la.saˈɾe.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: la‧za‧re‧to
Noun
lazareto m (plural lazaretos)
- lazaretto (a place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis)
Further reading
- “lazareto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025