luciérnaga

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lucerna "lamp" + the dialectal suffix -aga, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. The positioning of stress in the antepenultimate syllable is also due to pre-Roman influence.

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /luˈθje̞ɾnaɣa/
(Others) IPA^(key): /luˈsje̞ɾnaɣa/

Noun

luciérnaga f (plural luciérnagas)

firefly

Related terms

Anagrams

neurálgica

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