Noun: espinho
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | espinho |
| Plural m | espinhos |
Sample Sentences
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Et achou hũa coua rredonda ⁊ muyto alta. Et era toda çrcada deſpinos en derredoꝛ. (Trojan Chronicle) [1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, “Cõmo Pyrius tomou porto en Sepeliadoꝛ. Et cõmo Achou A poleus, ſſeu Auoo” (chapter 496), in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], Kingdom of Galicia, translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (in Old French), →OCLC, manuscript MSS/10233, page 187r:]
Nouns inflected like espinho
sabado,
estreleyro,
sobaco,
bezerro,
febreyro,
miradoiro,
pescoço,
perigoo,
cavaleiro,
portuguees,
paranho,
parayso,
afazemento,
deserto,
dereito,
sagrado,
elefante,
biscoito,
fevreyro,
diluvio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin spīnus, from spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey-. Cognate with Old Spanish espino.
Verbs referencing "espinho"
Portuguese Nouns
espinho, Galician Nouns
espiño.
Translations