hormiguilla

Spanish

Etymology

From hormiga +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oɾmiˈɡiʝa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾmiˈɡiʝa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /oɾmiˈɡiʎa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾmiˈɡiʃa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾmiˈɡiʒa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: hor‧mi‧gui‧lla

Noun

hormiguilla f (plural hormiguillas)

1. diminutive of hormiga
2. pins and needles

Further reading

• “hormiguilla”, 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