ratón
Asturian
editEtymology
editFrom ratu (“mouse”) + -ón (augmentative suffix)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editratón m (plural ratones)
Further reading
edit- Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom rata (“rat”) + -ón (diminutive suffix). Displaced Old Spanish mur. In its computing sense, it is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editratón m (plural ratones, feminine ratona, feminine plural ratonas)
- mouse (small rodent)
- (computing) mouse (input device)
- Synonym: mouse
- (Venezuela) hangover
- Synonym: resaca
Usage notes
editrata and ratón are used irregularly in Spanish. The suffix -ón is usually an augmentative, ratón should be augmentative for rat but it means mouse instead.
Derived terms
edit- (diminutive): ratoncito, ratoncillo
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “ratón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Categories:
- Asturian terms suffixed with -ón (augmentative)
- Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Asturian/on
- Rhymes:Asturian/on/2 syllables
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian masculine nouns
- ast:Computing
- ast:Rodents
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ón (diminutive)
- Spanish semantic loans from English
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/on
- Rhymes:Spanish/on/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Computing
- Venezuelan Spanish
- es:Rodents