hormiguear

From hormiga +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /oɾmiɡeˈaɾ/ [oɾ.mi.ɣ̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: hor‧mi‧gue‧ar

hormiguear (first-person singular present hormigueo, first-person singular preterite hormigueé, past participle hormigueado)

1. (intransitive) to give or provoke pins and needles

   El cuello me hormiguea.

   I've got pins and needles in my neck.

2. (intransitive) to swarm

• “hormiguear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024