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Where does “barata” come from?

barata (Portuguese) comes from Latin blatta — any insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach,...

barata (Portuguese): cockroach; feminine singular of barato

Definitions

  1. cockroach; feminine singular of barato

Ancestry of “barata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinblattaany insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach,...
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