mariquita

Spanish

Etymology

From marica +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾiˈkita/ [ma.ɾiˈki.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ma‧ri‧qui‧ta

Noun

mariquita f (plural mariquitas)

1. ladybird (Commonwealth exc. Canada), ladybug (US, Canada)
2. (slang) queer, faggot (US), poof (UK)

Further reading

• “mariquita”, 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