murciélago
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Metathetic diminutive of murciego (cf. murciégalo), from Old Spanish mur (“mouse”) + ciego (“blind”) or from Latin mūris caecus, both from mūs. Compare Portuguese morcego, Galician morcego.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /muɾˈθjelaɡo/ [muɾˈθje.la.ɣ̞o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /muɾˈsjelaɡo/ [muɾˈsje.la.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -elaɡo
- Syllabification: mur‧cié‧la‧go
Noun edit
murciélago m (plural murciélagos, feminine murciélaga, feminine plural murciélagas)
- bat (winged mammal)
- Synonyms: panarra, (New Mexico) ratón volador
- 1800, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, chapter 12, in Historia General del Perú:
- ...adoraban al buho por la hermosura de sus ojos y cabeza, y al murciélago por la sutileza de su vista...
- ...they adored the owl for the prettiness of its eyes and head, and the bat for the subtlety of its sight...
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Further reading edit
- “murciélago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014