mariposa

/maɾiˈposa/ · B1 · noun · f

butterfly

mariposa — butterfly

🦋 Mari + posa = Mary, land! An old call kids sang to butterflies

Old Spanish maripausa comes from María, posa (Mary, settle down), which children said to a butterfly flitting from flower to flower. Posar still means to land or alight, like a butterfly resting on a petal.

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