murciélago
Spanish
FWOTD – 4 February 2013
Alternative forms
- murciégalo (obsolete, or, nonstandard)
Etymology
From metathetic murciégalo, from Latin mus (“mouse”) + caeculus, diminutive of caecus (“blind”). Compare Portuguese and Galician morcego. Also compare with Old Spanish mur (“mouse”).
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /muɾˈθjelaɡo/, [muɾˈθjelaɣo]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /murˈsjelaɡo/, [murˈsjelaɣo]
Noun
murciélago m (plural murciélagos, feminine murciélaga, feminine plural murciélagas)
- bat (winged mammal)
- 1800, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Historia General del Perú Chapter 12
- ...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...
- ...adoraban al buho por la hermosura de sus ojos y cabeza, y al murciélago por la sutileza de su vista...
- 1800, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Historia General del Perú Chapter 12
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Further reading
- “murciélago” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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