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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, Paraguay, Philippines) /oɾmiˈɡiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾmiˈɡiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾmiˈɡiʒa/
- Syllabification: hor‧mi‧gui‧lla
Noun
hormiguilla f (plural hormiguillas)
- diminutive of hormiga
- pins and needles
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