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hormiguear.

to give or provoke pins and needles

10 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/oɾmiɡeˈaɾ/[oɾ.mi.ɣ̞eˈaɾ]

  1. to give or provoke pins and needles

    intransitive
    El cuello me hormiguea.

  2. to swarm

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *morwísder. Proto-Italic *mormīkā Latin formīca Old Spanish formiga Spanish hormiga Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izāre Spanish -ear Spanish hormiguear From hormiga + -ear.

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