hormiga

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *morwi-der.

Proto-Italic *mormīkā

Latin formīca

Spanish hormiga

Inherited from Old Spanish formiga, from Latin formīca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoˈɾmi.ɡa/ [hoɾˈmi.ɣ̞a] (Southern Spain)

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈmiɡa/ [oɾˈmi.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: hor‧mi‧ga

Noun

hormiga f (plural hormigas)

1. ant (insect of the family Formicidae)

Derived terms

• contrabando hormiga
• hormiga blanca
• hormiga faraón
• hormiga león
• hormigo
• hormiguero
• hormiguesco
• hormiguilla
• matahormigas

Descendants

• → Cebuano: holmigas, lamigas
• → Waray-Waray: haromigas

Further reading

• “hormiga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025