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comadreja

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From comadre (midwife; godmother) +‎ -eja (diminutive suffix), said to be after its sinuous and nimble (and therefore “feminine”) figure. Compare equivalents in other Romance languages (Italian donnola, Portuguese doninha, Galician doniña, Romanian nevăstuică) but not only (Greek νυφίτσα (nyfítsa), Danish brud, Arabic اِبْن عِرْس (ibn ʕirs)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /komaˈdɾexa/ [ko.maˈð̞ɾe.xa]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -exa
  • Syllabification: co‧ma‧dre‧ja

Noun

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comadreja f (plural comadrejas)

  1. weasel (a mammal of the genus Mustela)
    Synonyms: comadreja común, comadreja menor
  2. marten
  3. (Rioplatense, Paraguay) opossum, possum (especially the white-eared opossum Didelphis Albiventris)
    Synonyms: zarigüeya, comadreja overa

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