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espora

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “sowing, seed”).

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Noun

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espora f (plural espores)

  1. spore
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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested in local Latin documents at least since the 11th century. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”). Cognate of Portuguese espora, Spanish espuela, English spur, German Sporn, Old Norse spori.

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Noun

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espora f (plural esporas)

  1. spur (implement that is fixed to one’s heel for prodding horses)
  2. spur (naturally growing spike of an animal)
  3. prod

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Via Old Galician-Portuguese espora from Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (spaura), from Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”); compare Old High German sporo, Old Norse spori.

Not to be confused with esporo (“spore”).

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  • Hyphenation: es‧po‧ra

Noun

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espora f (plural esporas)

  1. spur (implement that is fixed to one’s heel for prodding horses)
    Synonym: acicate
  2. spur (naturally growing spike of an animal)
  3. (figuratively) stimulus, incentive

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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espora

  1. inflection of esporar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “sowing, seed”) or maybe from Frankish *sporo (“spur”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈpoɾa/ [esˈpo.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Syllabification: es‧po‧ra

Noun

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espora f (plural esporas)

  1. (botany) spore
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