hormiga
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish formiga, from Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾˈmiɡa/ [oɾˈmi.ɣ̞a]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -iɡa
- Syllabification: hor‧mi‧ga
Noun
hormiga f (plural hormigas)
- ant
Derived terms
- contrabando hormiga
- hormiga blanca
- hormiga león
- hormiguero
- hormiguilla
- matahormigas
Descendants
- → Cebuano: holmigas, lamigas
- → Waray-Waray: haromigas
Further reading
- “hormiga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014