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hormiguear — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • creep verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
  • swarm noun A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or migrating together.
  • tingle verb To feel a light prickling or stinging sensation on the skin.

Senses

hormiguear is used for these senses in English:

  • creep To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
  • swarm (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
  • tingle (transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

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.

swarm — full definition

  1. noun A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or migrating together.
  2. noun A large moving crowd of people or animals.
  3. verb To move together in a large, dense group.
  4. verb To be filled or overrun with something, especially insects or people.

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