hormiguero
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hormiga + -ero, or possibly from Vulgar Latin *formīcārium, from Latin formīca. Compare Portuguese formigueiro, Catalan formiguer, Italian formicaio, Romanian furnicar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hormiguero m (plural hormigueros)
- anthill
- ant colony
- (figuratively) place with lots of people
- antbird
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hormiguero (feminine hormiguera, masculine plural hormigueros, feminine plural hormigueras)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hormiguero”, 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
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