mariposario

Spanish

Etymology

From mariposa (“butterfly”) +‎ -ario. Doublet of mariposero.

Noun

mariposario m (plural mariposarios)

1. a butterfly zoo, butterfly farm

Further reading

• “mariposario”, 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