formigueiro
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See also: Formigueiro
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From formiga (“ant”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ejɾo
- Hyphenation: for‧mi‧guei‧ro
Noun
[edit]formigueiro m (plural formigueiros)
Further reading
[edit]- “formigueiro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From formiga (“ant”) + -eiro; possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *formīcārium, from Latin formīca. Compare Spanish hormiguero, Catalan formiguer, Italian formicaio, Romanian furnicar.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: for‧mi‧guei‧ro
Noun
[edit]formigueiro m (plural formigueiros)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:formigueiro.
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- formigueirinho (diminutive)
- bolo formigueiro
Adjective
[edit]formigueiro (feminine formigueira, masculine plural formigueiros, feminine plural formigueiras, not comparable)
- (of a thief) who steals objects of little value; petty
- en masse (in a single body or group)
- Synonym: em massa
- Invasão formigueira.
- En masse invasion.
- Imigração formigueira.
- En masse immigration.
- (in animal names) anteating
- urso-formigueiro
- aardwolf
- (literally, “anteating bear”)
- porco-formigueiro
- aardvark
- (literally, “anteating pig”)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:formigueiro.
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Galician terms suffixed with -eiro
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Galician/ejɾo
- Rhymes:Galician/ejɾo/4 syllables
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -eiro
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese adjectives
- Portuguese uncomparable adjectives
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
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