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minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoWe still colloquially call them lagartos, regardless if its a crocodile or alligator.
minus-squareNielsBohron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoGood to know! I took years of Spanish classes and my kids are in a Spanish immersion school in California, but I’ve only ever heard lagarto for smaller lizards and cocodrilo for anything resembling crocodilians Thanks for the info
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoYeah lagarto literally means lizard, but we use it for pretty much any type of reptilian that looks like a lizard lol
We still colloquially call them lagartos, regardless if its a crocodile or alligator.
Good to know! I took years of Spanish classes and my kids are in a Spanish immersion school in California, but I’ve only ever heard lagarto for smaller lizards and cocodrilo for anything resembling crocodilians
Thanks for the info
Yeah lagarto literally means lizard, but we use it for pretty much any type of reptilian that looks like a lizard lol