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hormiguear

Spanish, verb/oɾmiɡeˈaɾ/

hormiguear is spelled H-O-R-M-I-G-U-E-A-R (10 letters). Hormiguear is a Spanish verb meaning “to give or provoke pins and needles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does hormiguear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to give or provoke pins and needles

    El cuello me hormiguea.

  2. 2

    to swarm

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of hormiguear

  • hormigueo first-person present singular
  • hormigueé first-person preterite singular
  • hormigueado participle past
  • hormigueando gerund
  • hormigueada feminine participle past
  • hormigueados masculine participle past
  • hormigueadas feminine participle past
  • hormigueas indicative informal present
  • hormigueás indicative informal present
  • hormiguea indicative present singular
  • hormigueamos first-person indicative plural
  • hormigueáis indicative plural present
  • hormiguean indicative plural present
  • hormigueaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • hormigueabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • hormigueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • hormigueabais imperfect indicative plural
  • hormigueaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hormiguear?

  • /oɾmiɡeˈaɾ/
  • [oɾ.mi.ɣ̞eˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to hormiguear

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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