erizo

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See also: erizó

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Spanish erizo

Noun[edit]

erizo (plural erizos)

  1. (obsolete) A sea urchin.
    • 1774, Thomas Falkner, A Description of Patagonia, And The Adjoining Parts of South America:
      The erizo, or water hedge-hog, is very like the armado, but not quite so large.

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /eˈɾiθo/ [eˈɾi.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /eˈɾiso/ [eˈɾi.so]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -iθo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -iso
  • Syllabification: e‧ri‧zo

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Latin ēricius (hedgehog), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (to bristle). Compare English urchin.

Noun[edit]

erizo m (plural erizos, feminine eriza, feminine plural erizas)

  1. hedgehog
  2. sea urchin
    Synonym: erizo de mar
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

erizo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of erizar

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