formigar — meaning in English

English meaning

• crawl verb To move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.
• creep verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
• tingle verb To feel a light prickling or stinging sensation on the skin.

Senses

formigar is used for these senses in English:

• crawl (intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
• creep To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
• tingle (transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

crawl — full definition

1. verb To move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.
2. verb To move or progress very slowly.
3. verb For a computer program to automatically visit and index web pages.
4. noun A very slow pace, or a tour of several bars in one night ("bar crawl").

creep — full definition

1. verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
2. verb To change or increase very gradually, often in an unwelcome way.
3. noun An unpleasant or unsettling person, especially one who behaves in a sexually inappropriate way.

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