espira
See also: espirá
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
espira f (plural espires)
Further reading edit
- “espira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “espira” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
espira
- inflection of espirar:
Galician edit
Verb edit
espira
Italian edit
Verb edit
espira
- inflection of espirare:
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ra
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
espira f (plural espiras)
- turn (single loop of a coil)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
espira
- inflection of espirar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin spīra (probably borrowed), from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra).
Noun edit
espira f (plural espiras)
- a single turn of a spiral
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
espira
- inflection of espirar:
Further reading edit
- “espira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014