formiga-de-fogo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁˌmi.ɡɐ.d͡ʒiˈfo.ɡu/ [foɦˌmi.ɡɐ.d͡ʒiˈfo.ɡu], /fuʁˌmi.ɡɐ.d͡ʒiˈfo.ɡu/ [fuɦˌmi.ɡɐ.d͡ʒiˈfo.ɡu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /foɾˌmi.ɡɐ.d͡ʒiˈfo.ɡu/, /fuɾˌmi.ɡɐ.d͡ʒiˈfo.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /foʁˌmi.ɡɐ.d͡ʒiˈfo.ɡu/, /fuʁˌmi.ɡɐ.d͡ʒiˈfo.ɡu/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /foɻˌmi.ɡɐ.d͡ʒiˈfo.ɡu/, /fuɻˌmi.ɡɐ.d͡ʒiˈfo.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁˌmi.ɡa.deˈfo.ɡo/ [foɦˌmi.ɡa.deˈfo.ɡo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾˌmi.ɡɐ.dɨˈfo.ɡu/ [fuɾˌmi.ɣɐ.ðɨˈfo.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: for‧mi‧ga‧de‧fo‧go
Noun
formiga-de-fogo f (plural formigas-de-fogo)
- fire ant
- Synonym: formiga-lava-pés
Further reading
- “formiga-de-fogo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “formiga-de-fogo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026