espello

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espelho (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin speclum, from Latin speculum. Compare to Portuguese espelho and Spanish espejo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈpeʎʊ]

Noun

espello m (plural espellos)

1. mirror
2. iron flat piece, usually used as reinforcements in wheels or doors

References

• “espello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “espello” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “espello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “espello” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “espello” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈspɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: e‧spèl‧lo

Verb

espello

1. first-person singular present indicative of espellere

Anagrams

• Polesel