murciélago
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Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- murciégalo (obsolete)
- morziegalo (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Metathetic diminutive of murciego (cf. murciégalo), from Old Spanish mur (“mouse”) + ciego (“blind”) or from Latin mūris caecus, both from mūs. Compare Portuguese morcego, Galician morcego.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /muɾˈθjelaɡo/ [muɾˈθje.la.ɣ̞o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /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 (winged mammal)
- 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...
- Synonyms: panarra, (New Mexico) ratón volador
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Further reading[edit]
- “murciélago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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