formigar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin formīcāre, present active infinitive of formīcō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁ.miˈɡa(ʁ)/ [foɦ.miˈɡa(h)], /fuʁ.miˈɡa(ʁ)/ [fuɦ.miˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁ.miˈɡa(ʁ)/ [foɦ.miˈɡa(h)], /fuʁ.miˈɡa(ʁ)/ [fuɦ.miˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾ.miˈɡa(ɾ)/, /fuɾ.miˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁ.miˈɡa(ʁ)/ [foʁ.miˈɡa(χ)], /fuʁ.miˈɡa(ʁ)/ [fuʁ.miˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɻ.miˈɡa(ɻ)/, /fuɻ.miˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾ.miˈɡaɾ/ [fuɾ.miˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾ.miˈɡaɾ/ [fuɾ.miˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾ.miˈɡa.ɾi/ [fuɾ.miˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: for‧mi‧gar

Verb

1. (intransitive) to formicate; to tingle
2. to be swarming or teeming with something

   Synonyms: pulular, fervilhar

3. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Related terms

• formiga

Further reading

• “formigar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “formigar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “formigar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “formigar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “formigar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “formigar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024