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Spanish
Etymology
From hormiga + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾmiˈɡiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oɾmiˈɡiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾmiˈɡiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾmiˈɡiʒa/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: hor‧mi‧gui‧lla
Noun
hormiguilla f (plural hormiguillas)
- Diminutive of hormiga
- pins and needles
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