ratón

ratón m (plural ratones)

1. mouse (rodent of the genus Mus)

• mur

From rata (“rat”) +‎ -ón (diminutive suffix). Displaced Old Spanish mur. In its computing sense, it is a semantic loan from English mouse.

• IPA^(key): /raˈton/ [raˈt̪õn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ra‧tón

ratón m (plural ratones, feminine ratona, feminine plural ratonas)

1. mouse (small rodent)

   Synonyms: (Chile) laucha, (archaic) mur, (rare) rato

2. (computing) mouse (input device)

   Synonym: mouse

3. (Venezuela) hangover

   Synonym: resaca

rata and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) are used irregularly in Spanish. The suffix -ón is usually an augmentative, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) should be augmentative for rat but it means mouse instead.

• (diminutive): ratoncito, ratoncillo

• “ratón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014