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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

ácaro

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈakaɾo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mite/maɪt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Los ácaros del polvo causan alergias respiratorias."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A very small arachnid, some species of which live as parasites on plants, animals, or humans.

    "Dust mites can trigger severe allergies in sensitive individuals."
  2. 2

    A very small coin, sum of money, or tiny amount of anything.

    "She contributed her mite to the charity fund."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'mite', from Old English 'mite' meaning a small insect or small coin, with Germanic cognates in Middle Low German and Middle Dutch denoting tiny particles. Historically, it evolved from signifying an extremely small coin or fraction to denoting microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari.

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