murciélago
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- morziegalo (archaic spelling)
- murciégalo (obsolete outside New Mexico)
Etymology
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Metathetic form of earlier murciégalo, a diminutive of Old Spanish murciego, from Vulgar Latin *mūris caecus (literally “blind mouse”). Compare Galician and Portuguese morcego.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /muɾˈθjelaɡo/ [muɾˈθje.la.ɣ̞o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /muɾˈsjelaɡo/ [muɾˈsje.la.ɣ̞o]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -elaɡo
- Syllabification: mur‧cié‧la‧go
Noun
[edit]murciélago m (plural murciélagos, feminine murciélaga, feminine plural murciélagas)
- bat (any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)
- Synonyms: quiróptero, panarra, (New Mexico) ratón volador
- 1800, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, chapter 12, in Historia General del Perú:
- ...adoraban al buho por la hermosura de sus ojos y cabeza, y al murciélago por la sutileza de su vista...
- ...they adored the owl for the prettiness of its eyes and head, and the bat for the subtlety of its sight...
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “murciélago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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