oruga
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Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
oruga
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish oruga, from Vulgar Latin urūca, from Latin ērūca (whence English arugula), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
oruga f (plural orugas)
- caterpillar (insect or vehicle)
- Synonym: cuncuna (Chile)
- arugula, rocket (plant)
Usage notes[edit]
- When oruga is used to mean "arugula", it is just referring to the plant Eruca vesicaria. To refer to arugula as an edible, leafy green, use the word rúcula.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “oruga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian noun forms
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/uɡa
- Rhymes:Spanish/uɡa/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Insects