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English term or phrase:aardvark
Spanish translation:cerdo hormiguero
Entered by: Doris Fukuda
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01:07 Apr 24, 2002
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: aardvark
Hi!
Will you tell me:

aardvark

in Spanish, thanks!

Aadvark is an animal.
Doris Fukuda
cerdo hormiguero
Explanation:
Sometimes referred to as simply "hormiguero".

Harper Collins Dictionary

Hope it helps!

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Cerdo Hormiguero - [ Translate this page ]
El Cerdo Hormiguero. Orden Tubulidentata. Familia Orycteropodidae. ... español,
inglés, científico. Cerdo Hormiguero, Aardvark, Orycteropus afer. ...
www.damisela.com/zoo/mam/tubulidentata/nombres
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Bill Greendyk
United States
Local time: 10:30
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Thanks!

And thanks to all of you who helped!

Cheers!
D.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5cerdo hormiguero
Bill Greendyk
4 +3oso hormiguero
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
4 +1cerdo hormiguero
Clarisa Moraña


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
cerdo hormiguero


Explanation:
Sometimes referred to as simply "hormiguero".

Harper Collins Dictionary

Hope it helps!

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Note added at 2002-04-24 01:20:05 (GMT)
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Cerdo Hormiguero - [ Translate this page ]
El Cerdo Hormiguero. Orden Tubulidentata. Familia Orycteropodidae. ... español,
inglés, científico. Cerdo Hormiguero, Aardvark, Orycteropus afer. ...
www.damisela.com/zoo/mam/tubulidentata/nombres

Bill Greendyk
United States
Local time: 10:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 499
Grading comment
Thanks!

And thanks to all of you who helped!

Cheers!
D.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Perazzo: Yes, it's "cerdo hormiguero" (Orycteropus afer). The "oso hormiguero" is the common anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla).
7 mins
  -> Thanks for clearing that up for us! :-))

agree  Maria-Jose Pastor
10 mins
  -> Thanks, MJ!

agree  Marisol Valenzuela-Dillen: qué curioso que el nombre esté en holandés, aard = naturaleza, índole y vark = cerdo
16 mins
  -> Interesting!

agree  Andrea Bullrich: What? You mean the Pink Panther was wrong? :-)))
53 mins

agree  DenJohn: I think it comes from Southafrican language, therefore it sounds Dutch (holandés)
8 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
oso hormiguero


Explanation:
Lo he escuchado más bien como oso hormiguero. Incluso por ahí fue famosa una caricatura hace ya varios años

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 4950

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bill Greendyk: Hola Luiroi! Yo también he escuchado "oso hormiguero" y el animal parece más a un oso. Sin embargo, varios diccionarios me dicen "cerdo..." ???
4 mins

disagree  Martin Perazzo: See above
5 mins

agree  Andrea Bullrich: dunno... here's some more info, anyway: http://www.jeannieshouse.com/forest_friends/anteater/anteate...
52 mins

agree  Gabriela Tenenbaum: definitely! #:))
1 hr

agree  ordira: This is it
2884 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cerdo hormiguero


Explanation:
Me metí a contestar aunque ya William ha dado la respuesta correcta, sólo que quería agregar un par de cosillas interesantes que descubrí. Antes de esto ni sabía que existían dos animales distintos. En primer lugar, el cerdo hormiguero ((Orycteropus afer) es del sur de África y el oso hormiguero es americano (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

En segundo lugar, si a alguien le pareció curioso un nombre en holandés, recuerden que el animal procede del sur de África (¿no fue acaso colonia holandesa esta región?)

En tercer lugar, no me convencieron los lugares donde decían que Oso y cerdo hormiguero eran la misma cosa (por algo tienen distintos nombres científicos).

Les paso las definiciones:
Aadvark: A burrowing mammal (Orycteropus afer) of southern Africa, having a stocky, hairy body, large ears, a long tubular snout, and powerful digging claws.

[Obsolete Afrikaans : aarde, earth (from Middle Dutch aerde. See er-2 in Indo-European Roots) + vark, pig (from Middle Dutch varken. See porko- in Indo-European Roots).]


de una pg. en Internet sobre nuesto oso hormiguero...(http://www.barrameda.com.ar/animales/osohormi.htm)

Nombre científico: Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Otros nombres vulgares: Oso hormiguero bandera. Yurumi. Oso hormiguero grande. Oso hormiguero real. Hormiguero negro. Tamanduá. Tamanduá bandera. Ñurumi. Tamanduá guazú

Saludos,

Clarisa Moraña



    Reference: http://images.google.com/images?q=aardvark&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wi
    Reference: http://images.google.com/images?q=oso%20hormiguero&hl=en&sa=...
Clarisa Moraña
Argentina
Local time: 12:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 841

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nancy Cepeda: me encantaron tus referencias...muy interesantes!
9 hrs
  -> Gracias, Nancy
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