mariposa

Meaning

1. (feminine) butterfly
2. (feminine, slang) male homosexual
3. (feminine) butterfly stroke
4. (feminine) creeping beggarweed (Desmodium incanum)
5. (feminine) white ginger (Hedychium coronarium)
6. (feminine) tremors felt in the stomach when one is nervous.

Concepts

butterfly

🦋

moth

butterfly stroke

fagot

fairy

🧚

moths

nance

nightlight

pansy

poof

poove

pouf

queen

👸

queer

butterfish

Lepidoptera

rhopalocera

white garland-lily

betterfly

butterfly moth

true butterfly

true butterflies

butterflies

butterfly moths

fag

faggot

Synonyms

homosexual

gay

lepidópteros

marica

maricón

papalote

🪁

pluma

🪶

puto

lamparilla

mariposas

palomilla

Lepidoptera

alevilla

rhopalocera

golpe de la mariposa

sexe del escondite

queer

cosecha

cagaleche

Hyphenated as

ma‧ri‧po‧sa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maɾiˈposa/

Etymology

From the phrase María pósate (“Mary, alight!”). Displaced Latin pāpiliō, which would have yielded *papilión or *papillón.