hormiguilla

Spanish

Etymology

From hormiga +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oɾmiˈɡiʝa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾmiˈɡiʝa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oɾmiˈɡiʎa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾmiˈɡiʃa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾmiˈɡiʒa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: hor‧mi‧gui‧lla

Noun

hormiguilla f (plural hormiguillas)

1. Diminutive of hormiga
2. pins and needles

Further reading

• “hormiguilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014