Polyglot Dictionary

hormiguero

/oɾmiˈɣeɾo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los hormigueros

Meaning

  1. anthill

    • Pisó un hormiguero.

      He stepped on an anthill.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Ameisenhaufen

Ameisenhaufen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "anthill."

Portuguese

formigueiro

formigueiro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "anthill."

Practice

1 What does hormiguero mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pisó un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hormiguero?

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