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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin mātrīcāria (“related to the womb”), from Latin mātrīx (“womb”). The semantic development could mirror the one in cunīculus (“underground tunnel; rabbit”) if indeed related to cunnus (“vagina”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /madɾiˈɡeɾa/
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: ma‧dri‧gue‧ra
Noun
madriguera f (plural madrigueras)
- burrow, den, sett, warren
- Synonyms: guarida, cubil
2022 October 9, Manuel Viejo, Elisa Silió, “El difícil camino para que no se repitan los gritos del Ahuja: “Sois unas pedazo de mierdas. ¡Putas!””, in El País:Embravecido, se asoma y como si fuera una jirafa, saca el cuello por la ventana para vociferar: “¡Putas, salid de vuestras madrigueras como conejas! […] ”- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- hideout, hiding place
- den (for criminals)
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