ratón
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Asturian[edit]
Noun[edit]
ratón m (plural ratones)
- mouse (rodent of the genus Mus)
Synonyms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From rata (“rat”) + -ón (diminutive suffix). Displaced Old Spanish mur. In its computing sense, it is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ratón m (plural ratones, feminine ratona, feminine plural ratonas)
- mouse (small rodent)
- (computing) mouse (input device)
- Synonym: mouse
- (Venezuela) hangover
- Synonym: resaca
Usage notes[edit]
rata and ratón are used irregularly in Spanish. The suffix -ón is usually an augmentative, ratón should be augmentative for rat but it means mouse instead.
Derived terms[edit]
- (diminutive): ratoncito, ratoncillo
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ratón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian masculine nouns
- ast:Mammals
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ón (diminutive)
- Spanish semantic loans from English
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/on
- Rhymes:Spanish/on/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Computing
- Venezuelan Spanish
- es:Rodents