hormigo
Spanish, noun/oɾˈmiɡo/
hormigo is spelled H-O-R-M-I-G-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hormigo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “porridge (usually from maize)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hormigo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineporridge (usually from maize)
- 2
masculinedessert made with breadcrumbs, roasted nuts and honey
- 3
masculinePlatymiscium dimorphandrum, a Central and South American tree.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of hormigo
- hormigos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hormigo?
- /oɾˈmiɡo/
- [oɾˈmi.ɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hormigo in Spanish?
hormigo appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).