hormiga

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish formiga, from Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈmiɡa/ [oɾˈmi.ɣ̞a]

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

Noun

hormiga f (plural hormigas)

1. ant

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• hormiguesco

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “hormiga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10