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comadreja.

weasel (a mammal of the genus Mustela)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/komaˈdɾexa/[ko.maˈð̞ɾe.xa]
  1. weasel (a mammal of the genus Mustela)

    feminine
  2. marten

    feminine
  3. opossum, possum (especially the white-eared opossum Didelphis Albiventris)

    Paraguay · Rioplatense · feminine
Where this word comes from

From comadre (“midwife; godmother”) + -eja (diminutive suffix), said to be after its sinuous and nimble (and therefore “feminine”) figure. Compare equivalents in other Romance languages (Italian donnola, Portuguese doninha, Galician doniña, Romanian nevăstuică) but not only (Greek νυφίτσα (nyfítsa), Danish brud, Arabic اِبْن عِرْس (ibn ʕirs)).

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