Feminine

luciérnaga

Concepts

glow worm

common glow worm

glowfly

firefly beetle

lampyre

European glow-worm

common European glow-worm

Synonyms

bicho del relámpago

firebug

glowfly

coleóptero luminoso

cuca de llum

Frequency

41k
Hyphenated as
lu‧ciér‧na‧ga
Pronounced as (IPA)
/luˈθjeɾnaɡa/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish luziérnega, from Latin lucerna (“lamp”) + the dialectal suffix -aga, from Paleo-Hispanic. The positioning of stress in the antepenultimate syllable is also due to pre-Roman influence.

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