hormiguilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾmiˈɡiʝa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /oɾmiˈɡiʎa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /oɾmiˈɡiʃa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /oɾmiˈɡiʒa/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: hor‧mi‧gui‧lla
Noun
hormiguilla f (plural hormiguillas)
- diminutive of hormiga
- pins and needles
Further reading
- “hormiguilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025