musgaño

Galician

Alternative forms

• muraño, murgaño

Etymology

From Latin mūsarāneus (literally “spider mouse”) because the bite of some shrews can be venomous. Compare Portuguese murganho, Spanish musaraña, French musaraigne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [musˈɣaɲʊ]

Noun

musgaño m (plural musgaños)

1. shrew

   Synonym: furaño

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “musgaño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “musgaño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Noun

musgaño m (plural musgaños)

1. shrew

   Synonym: musaraña

Further reading

• “musgaño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014