erizo

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish erizo. === Noun === erizo (plural erizos) (obsolete) A sea urchin (Echinoidea spp.). === Anagrams === Ozier, ozier == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈɾiθo/ [eˈɾi.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /eˈɾiso/ [eˈɾi.so] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -iθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: e‧ri‧zo === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin ēricius (“hedgehog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”). Compare English urchin. ==== Noun ==== erizo m (plural erizos, feminine eriza, feminine plural erizas) hedgehog (mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae) ellipsis of erizo de mar (“sea urchin”, literally “sea hedgehog”) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== erizo first-person singular present indicative of erizar === Further reading === “erizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025