noun, feminine/musaˈɾaɲa/plural: musarañas
shrew (any member of the Soricidae family of mammals); vermin; small animal; face (exaggerated facial expression); vulva
“Todos se rieron de sus musarañas.” — They all laughed at her funny faces.
Synonyms: musgaño, alimaña, mueca, vulva
First attested in the 13th century. Inherited from Latin mūsarāneus (literally “spider mouse”) with the ending influenced by araña (“spider”), from mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“of or related to spiders”), because of the popular belief that shrews have a venomous bite akin to that of a spider. Cognate with French musaraigne.