chispa
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chispa m (plural chispas)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “chispa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “chispa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chispa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Occitan edit
Noun edit
chispa f (plural chispas)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Onomatopoeic or else borrowed from Spanish.
Noun edit
chispa f (plural chispas)
- spark (small particle of glowing matter)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:faísca
- a sudden and brief glow
- Synonyms: cintilação, corisco, lampejo
- (figurative) a brief manifestation of emotion
Derived terms edit
- chispinha (diminutive), chispazinha (diminutive)
- soltar chispas
Interjection edit
chispa!
Usage notes edit
- Normally said to a dog, but can be said to a person, if one wants to demean them.
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
chispa
- inflection of chispar:
Further reading edit
- “chispa” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “chispa” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “chispa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “chispa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “chispa” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “chispa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Onomatopoeic. Compare with Galician chispa and Portuguese chispa.
Noun edit
chispa f (plural chispas)
- spark (small particle of glowing matter)
- spark (small burst of electrical discharge)
- chip
- Hay galletas con chispas de chocolate en el mostrador.
- There are chocolate chip cookies on the counter.
- sprinkle
- (colloquial) drunkenness, intoxication (state of being intoxicated with alcohol)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
chispa
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
chispa
- only used in se chispa, third-person singular present indicative of chisparse
- only used in te ... chispa, syntactic variant of chíspate, second-person singular imperative of chisparse
Further reading edit
- “chispa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014