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Asturian
Etymology
From ratu (“mouse”) + -ón (augmentative suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈton/,
- Rhymes: -on
- Hyphenation: ra‧tón
Noun
ratón m (plural ratones)
- big mouse
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From rata (“rat”) + -ón (diminutive suffix). Displaced Old Spanish mur. In its computing sense, it is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈton/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ra‧tón
Noun
ratón m (plural ratones, feminine ratona, feminine plural ratonas)
- mouse (small rodent)
- Synonyms: (Chile) laucha, (archaic) mur, (rare) rato
- (computing) mouse (input device)
- Synonym: mouse
- (Venezuela) hangover
- Synonym: resaca
Usage notes
rata and ratón are used irregularly in Spanish. The suffix -ón is usually an augmentative, ratón should be augmentative for rat but it means mouse instead.
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