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English
Noun
peregrina
- A plant of the spurge family, Jatropha interregima, which is native to the Caribbean but introduced throughout the tropics.
Catalan
Verb
peregrina
- inflection of peregrinar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
Verb
peregrina
- inflection of peregrinar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe.reˈɡri.na/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: pe‧re‧grì‧na
Etymology 1
Adjective
peregrina
- feminine singular of peregrino
Etymology 2
Verb
peregrina
- inflection of peregrinare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Adjective
peregrīna
- inflection of peregrīnus:
- nominative/ablative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
References
Portuguese
Verb
peregrina
- inflection of peregrinar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pérégriner, from Latin peregrinari.
Verb
a peregrina (third-person singular present peregrinează, past participle peregrinat) 1st conj.
- to travel far away
Conjugation
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾeˈɡɾina/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: pe‧re‧gri‧na
Etymology 1
Noun
peregrina f (plural peregrinas)
- female equivalent of peregrino
- (colloquial, playground games, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) hopscotch
- Synonym: rayuela
Adjective
peregrina
- feminine singular of peregrino
Etymology 2
Verb
peregrina
- inflection of peregrinar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “peregrina” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010