escarabajo
/eskaɾaˈbaxo/ · B2 · noun · m
beetle
🪲 escarabajo ≈ scarab: Latin scarabaeus, the same beetle root
Spanish escarabajo comes from Latin scarabaeus, which also gave English scarab. Link the sound es-ca-ra-ba-jo to scarab and you have the beetle. The Volkswagen Beetle is called escarabajo too.