hormiga

Spanish

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Spanishformiga,fromLatinformīca,ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*morwi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/oɾˈmiɡa/[oɾˈmi.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes:-iɡa
• Syllabification:hor‧mi‧ga

Noun

hormigaf(pluralhormigas)

1. ant

Derived terms

• contrabando hormiga
• hormiga blanca
• hormiga faraón
• hormiga león
• hormiguero
• hormiguilla
• matahormigas

Descendants

• →Cebuano:holmigas,lamigas
• →Waray-Waray:haromigas

Further reading

• “hormiga”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28