formiga

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) ant
2. (broadly, feminine, figuratively) someone with a sweet tooth
3. (broadly, feminine, figuratively) a short person

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of formigar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of formigar:

formigar

1. (intransitive) to formicate; to tingle
2. to be swarming or teeming with something

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Concepts

ant

🐜

pismire

emmet

ant

🐜

ants

Formicidae

workers

Synonyms

Formicidae

formiga obreira

Formigas

Translations

fourmi

🐜

formica

🐜

hormiga

🐜

Ameise

🐜

mier

🐜

formiga

🐜

karınca

🐜

formica

🐜

μυρμήγκι

formiga

نمل

μυρμήκι

mûrî

🐜

نملة

🐜

Pronounced as (IPA)

/foʁˈmi.ɡɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: formīca

Cognate with Galician: formiga

Cognate with Spanish: hormiga

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese formiga, from Latin formīca, from Proto-Italic *mormīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.
Compare Galician formiga and Spanish hormiga.