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See also: Mariposa
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish mariposa (“butterfly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mariposa (plural mariposas)
- A mariposa lily (Calochortus spp.).
Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish mariposa.
Noun
[edit]mariposa f (plural mariposes)
Chavacano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Spanish mariposa.
Noun
[edit]mariposa
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish mariposa.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧po‧sa
Noun
[edit]mariposa f (plural mariposas)
Derived terms
[edit]Sardinian
[edit]Noun
[edit]mariposa f (plural mariposas)
- (Campidanese) Alternative form of maniposa
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the phrase María pósate (“Mary, alight!”). Displaced Latin pāpiliō, which would have yielded *papilión or *papillón.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mariposa f (plural mariposas)
- butterfly
- (slang) male homosexual
- (swimming) butterfly stroke
- creeping beggarweed (Desmodium incanum)
- white ginger (Hedychium coronarium)
- tremors felt in the stomach when one is nervous.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ English: mariposa lily
- → Portuguese: mariposa
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mariposa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/osa
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- es:Swimming
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