"mariposa" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /maɾiˈposa/, [ma.ɾiˈpo.sa] Forms: mariposas [plural]
Rhymes: -osa Etymology: From the phrase María pósate (“Mary, alight!”). Etymology templates: {{m|es|María pósate||Mary, alight!}} María pósate (“Mary, alight!”) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} mariposa f (plural mariposas)
  1. butterfly Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mariposa-es-noun-~P0HXL42
  2. (slang) male homosexual Tags: feminine, slang
    Sense id: en-mariposa-es-noun-2cMtx~kQ
  3. (swimming) butterfly stroke Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Swimming Categories (lifeform): Ginger family plants, Insects, Legumes
    Sense id: en-mariposa-es-noun-uLwtPr59 Disambiguation of Ginger family plants: 1 1 39 29 29 Disambiguation of Insects: 2 2 52 18 26 Disambiguation of Legumes: 2 2 52 25 19 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 60 19 20 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, swimming
  4. creeping beggarweed (Desmodium incanum) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mariposa-es-noun-ZGlFRTLu
  5. white ginger (Hedychium coronarium) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mariposa-es-noun-AE8JeI6y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: oruga (english: caterpillar) [feminine], polilla (english: moth) [feminine]

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a otra cosa, mariposa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "arbusto de las mariposas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cazamariposas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "efecto mariposa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lirio mariposa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mariposa de la muerte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mariposa de la seda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mariposa luna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mariposa monarca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mariposa virrey"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mariposario"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mariposero"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tener mariposas en el estómago"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mariposa lily",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ English: mariposa lily",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ English: mariposa lily"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mariposa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: mariposa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: mariposa"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "María pósate",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Mary, alight!"
      },
      "expansion": "María pósate (“Mary, alight!”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the phrase María pósate (“Mary, alight!”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mariposas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mariposa f (plural mariposas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧ri‧po‧sa"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "caterpillar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oruga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "moth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polilla"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "butterfly"
      ],
      "id": "en-mariposa-es-noun-~P0HXL42",
      "links": [
        [
          "butterfly",
          "butterfly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "male homosexual"
      ],
      "id": "en-mariposa-es-noun-2cMtx~kQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "homosexual",
          "homosexual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) male homosexual"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Swimming",
          "orig": "es:Swimming",
          "parents": [
            "Water sports",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 60 19 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 39 29 29",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Ginger family plants",
          "orig": "es:Ginger family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Spices and herbs",
            "Zingiberales order plants",
            "Foods",
            "Commelinids",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Plants",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 52 18 26",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "es:Insects",
          "parents": [
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 52 25 19",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Legumes",
          "orig": "es:Legumes",
          "parents": [
            "Fabales order plants",
            "Shrubs",
            "Trees",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "butterfly stroke"
      ],
      "id": "en-mariposa-es-noun-uLwtPr59",
      "links": [
        [
          "swimming",
          "swimming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "butterfly stroke",
          "butterfly stroke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(swimming) butterfly stroke"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "swimming"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "creeping beggarweed (Desmodium incanum)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mariposa-es-noun-ZGlFRTLu",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "white ginger (Hedychium coronarium)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mariposa-es-noun-AE8JeI6y",
      "links": [
        [
          "white ginger",
          "white ginger"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maɾiˈposa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma.ɾiˈpo.sa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-osa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mariposa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Spanish/osa",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/osa/4 syllables",
    "Spanish 4-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish feminine nouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio links",
    "es:Ginger family plants",
    "es:Insects",
    "es:Legumes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "a otra cosa, mariposa"
    },
    {
      "word": "arbusto de las mariposas"
    },
    {
      "word": "cazamariposas"
    },
    {
      "word": "efecto mariposa"
    },
    {
      "word": "lirio mariposa"
    },
    {
      "word": "mariposa de la muerte"
    },
    {
      "word": "mariposa de la seda"
    },
    {
      "word": "mariposa luna"
    },
    {
      "word": "mariposa monarca"
    },
    {
      "word": "mariposa virrey"
    },
    {
      "word": "mariposario"
    },
    {
      "word": "mariposero"
    },
    {
      "word": "tener mariposas en el estómago"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mariposa lily",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ English: mariposa lily",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ English: mariposa lily"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mariposa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: mariposa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: mariposa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "María pósate",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Mary, alight!"
      },
      "expansion": "María pósate (“Mary, alight!”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the phrase María pósate (“Mary, alight!”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mariposas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mariposa f (plural mariposas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧ri‧po‧sa"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "caterpillar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oruga"
    },
    {
      "english": "moth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polilla"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "butterfly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "butterfly",
          "butterfly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "male homosexual"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "homosexual",
          "homosexual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) male homosexual"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "es:Swimming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "butterfly stroke"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swimming",
          "swimming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "butterfly stroke",
          "butterfly stroke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(swimming) butterfly stroke"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "swimming"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "creeping beggarweed (Desmodium incanum)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "white ginger (Hedychium coronarium)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white ginger",
          "white ginger"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maɾiˈposa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma.ɾiˈpo.sa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-osa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mariposa"
}

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