erizo

See also: erizó

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗrder.

Latin ēricius

Spanish erizobor.

English erizo

Borrowed from Spanish erizo.

Noun

erizo (plural erizos)

1. (obsolete) A sea urchin (Echinoidea spp.).
   • 1774, Thomas Falkner, A Description of Patagonia, And The Adjoining Parts of South America:

     The erizo, or water hedge-hog, is very like the armado, but not quite so large.

Anagrams

• Ozier, ozier

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈɾiθo/ [eˈɾi.θo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /eˈɾiso/ [eˈɾi.so] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -iθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: e‧ri‧zo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗrder.

Latin ēricius

Spanish erizo

Inherited from Latin ēricius (“hedgehog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr. Compare English urchin.

Noun

erizo m (plural erizos, feminine eriza, feminine plural erizas)

1. hedgehog (mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae)

   El lomo del erizo es espinoso. ― The hedgehog's back is spiny.

2. ellipsis of erizo de mar (“sea urchin”, literally “sea hedgehog”)

Derived terms

• erizar
• erizo común
• erizo hembra

Related terms

• erizón
• rizo

Etymology 2

Verb

erizo

1. first-person singular present indicative of erizar

Further reading

• “erizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026