Polyglot Dictionary

mariposa

/maɾiˈpozɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as mariposas

Meaning

  1. moth

    • Uma mariposa entrou.

      A moth came in.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

traça

mariposa is more general or larger, a night-flying moth; traça specifically means a clothes moth, small and destructive to fabric.

Similar in other languages

German

Motte

Motte is the German word for the same thing — both mean "moth."

Spanish

polilla

polilla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "moth."

Practice

1 What does mariposa mean?

2 Fill the gap: Uma ___ entrou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mariposa?

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