Noun: brújula
Gender: f
Hyphenation: brú‧ju‧la
| Singular f | brújula |
| Plural f | brújulas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like brújula
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Italian bùssola (compare French boussole), from Vulgar Latin *buxula, a diminutive form of Late Latin buxis (“box”), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “boxwood box, box”), from πύξος (púxos, “boxwood”). Apparently influenced by Spanish bruja (“witch”). See: Italian Nouns '
bussola', French Nouns '
boussole', Ancient Greek Nouns '
πυξίς'.
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