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especia

See also: espécia, especiá, and espècia

Galician edit

 
Especias

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese especias (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); a Medieval borrowing from Latin species.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

especia f (plural especias)

  1. (frequently in the plural) spice

Derived terms edit

References edit

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

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /esˈpeθja/ [esˈpe.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /esˈpesja/ [esˈpe.sja]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -eθja
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -esja
  • Syllabification: es‧pe‧cia

Etymology 1 edit

Probably borrowed from Latin speciēs.

Noun edit

especia f (plural especias)

  1. spice
    Synonyms: condimento, aliño
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

especia

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

Further reading edit

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