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mariposa (feminine noun (la)) — butterfly. Look up mariposa in the dictionary

La mariposa se veía muy delicada.
The butterfly looked very delicate.
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Old November 04, 2009, 12:39 AM
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Hay una película española que a mí me gustó mucho: La lengua de las mariposas.
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Old November 04, 2009, 01:40 AM
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También significa maricón.
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Old November 04, 2009, 01:41 AM
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Más bien "mariposón"
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Old November 04, 2009, 02:49 AM
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In the dictionary it says that "mariposa" means (amongst other things) "night light". That's kind of interesting. Is that the most common way to say "night light"?

So could I say something like this:
Puse una mariposa en el baño para que mis invitados no se pierden en la noche.
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Old November 04, 2009, 06:29 AM
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También significa maricón.
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Más bien "mariposón"
Nosotros usamos mariposón sino directamente "maricón" , pero también he escuchado mariposa por maricón.

@laepelba:

Nunca he escuchado eso de que signifique luz nocturna...
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Nosotros usamos mariposón sino directamente "maricón" , pero también he escuchado mariposa por maricón.

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Nunca he escuchado eso de que signifique luz nocturna...
RAE says that about "mariposa" and "maricón", too. Do you happen to know if the word maricón refers to "wood" and to "bassoons" as well? In older usage of English "fag" or "faggot" meant a piece of wood, and often older musical scores use "faggot" for the bassoon part.

Thanks for your answer to my question about the night light. Luz nocturna. Got it!
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RAE says that about "mariposa" and "maricón", too. Do you happen to know if the word maricón refers to "wood" and to "bassoons" as well? In older usage of English "fag" or "faggot" meant a piece of wood, and often older musical scores use "faggot" for the bassoon part.
Not that I am aware of it.

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Thanks for your answer to my question about the night light. Luz nocturna. Got it!
You're very welcome.
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Old November 04, 2009, 06:54 AM
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No, a mariquita is a ladybug, and a maricón is a big ladybug. Both have
a gay context, but marica or mariquita (I believe) are less offensive. Also Marica is a girl's name much the way Gay is.
Those pieces of wood as term for homosexuality have an interesting but somewhat horriible history. In the middle ages homosexuals were gathered together much like faggots and burned alive

In Britain, sometimes cigarettes are called fags.
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@Lou Ann: I'm with Hernán there. I've always heard "luz nocturna" or "luz de noche". "Mariposa" is always an animal for me.

@Poli: At least in Mexico, "maricón" or "marica" are widely used, but they're definitely not less offensive than any other words.
Btw, "Marica" or "Mariquita" are endearment variations of "María", but many Marías I know hate being called that.

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