Spanish Conversation · Level 17
89 words
Spanish word
escorpión
Pronunciation
IPA/eskoɾˈpjon/
Meaning
- masculine nounscorpion
Example
¡Cuidado, hay un escorpión!
Watch out, there's a scorpion!
More examples
La picadura de un escorpión puede ser muy dolorosa.
A scorpion sting can be very painful.
Core concept
Arachnid with a segmented body, eight legs, and a curved tail tipped by a venomous stinger.
Common phrases
picadura de escorpión
scorpion sting
veneno de escorpión
scorpion venom
cola de escorpión
scorpion tail
Similar words
alacrán: Small venomous arachnid with a compact body and a sharply curved, stinging tail.
araña: Eight-legged arachnid that produces silk and often builds webs or other traps to catch small prey.
insecto: Six-legged arthropod with a hard exoskeleton and a body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen.
Definition in Spanish
Arácnido con cuerpo segmentado, ocho patas y una cola acabada en un aguijón capaz de inyectar veneno.
Word origin
From Latin scorpio (from Greek skorpiós), with Spanish adding an initial e before the s+consonant cluster to form escorpión.
Usage tips
- The word normally carries an acute accent on the final o (escorpión), and in parts of Mexico and other countries the same animal is often called alacrán.