musaraña
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la musaraña(
moo
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sah
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rah
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nyah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (animal)
Las musarañas son excelentes cazadoras gracias a su buen sentido del olfato y del oído.Shrews are excellent hunters thanks to their good sense of smell and hearing.
Las musarañas se alimentan principalmente de insectos.Shrews feed mainly on insects.
2. (colloquial) (small spot floating in the eye)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. speck
No sé qué es, pero veo un montón de musarañas negras. Tengo que ir al oftalmólogo.I don't know what's causing it, but I see a lot of black specks. I need to see the ophthalmologist.
3. (colloquial) (gesture) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. face
"¡Qué asco!" dijo la niña haciendo una musaraña al ver el plato lleno de espinacas."How disgusting!" said the girl, pulling a face when she saw the plate full of spinach.
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