musgaño
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin mūsarāneus (literally “spider mouse”) because the bite of some shrews can be venomous. Compare Portuguese murganho, Spanish musaraña, French musaraigne.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmusgaño m (plural musgaños)
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “musgaño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “musgaño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
editNoun
editmusgaño m (plural musgaños)
Further reading
edit- “musgaño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014