ínsula
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin īnsula. Doublet of ilha and ínsua.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ĩsulɐ
- Hyphenation: ín‧su‧la
Noun edit
ínsula f (plural ínsulas)
- (poetic) island
- (historical) insula (type of Roman building)
- (historical) insula (block of Roman buildings)
- (neuroanatomy) insula (structure of the human brain)
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin īnsula. Doublet of isla, which was inherited.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ínsula f (plural ínsulas)
Further reading edit
- “ínsula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014