Noun: espiña
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | espiña |
| Plural m | espiñas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like espiña
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espinha (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin spīna (“thorn”), from spinus (“thorn bush”). Cognate with Portuguese espinha and Spanish espina. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
espinha', Old Portuguese Nouns '
espinha', Latin Nouns '
spīna', Portuguese Nouns '
espinha', Spanish Nouns '
espina'.
Verbs referencing "espiña"
Portuguese Nouns
espinha.
Translations