mariquita

Spanish

Etymology

From marica +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maɾiˈkita/ [ma.ɾiˈki.t̪a]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -ita
Syllabification: ma‧ri‧qui‧ta

Noun

mariquita f (plural mariquitas)

ladybird (Commonwealth exc. Canada), ladybug (US, Canada)
(slang) queer, faggot (US), poof (UK)

Further reading

“mariquita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.