comadreja

Meaning

1. (feminine) weasel (a mammal of the genus Mustela)
2. (feminine) marten
3. (Paraguay, Rioplatense, feminine) opossum, possum (especially the white-eared opossum Didelphis Albiventris)

Concepts

weasel

opossum

weasels

least weasel

marten

common weasel

ermine

European common weasel

jill

possum

stoat

wolverine

Synonyms

zarigüeya

raposa

muca

tlacuache

chucha

faro

carachupa

rabipelado

zorro cola pelada

zorro pelón

tacuazín

tacuacín

gato del árbol

viverrid

armiňo

marta

zorra mochilera

comadreja común

mostel

mustela

comadre

turón

mostela

whittret

civet de la palma

Translations

donnola

Wiesel

belette

wezel

doninha

Mauswiesel

νυφίτσα

mostela

Mustela nivalis

sarigue

Opossum

opossum

Beutelratte

belette pygmée

Hyphenated as

co‧ma‧dre‧ja

Pronounced as (IPA)

/komaˈdɾexa/

Etymology

Cognate with Italian: donnola

Cognate with Portuguese: doninha

Cognate with Galician: doniña

Cognate with Romanian: nevăstuică

Cognate with Greek: νυφίτσα

Cognate with Danish: brud

Cognate with Arabic: اِبْن عِرْس

In summary

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)).