Galician

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Noun

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espinha f (plural espinhas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of espiña

Further reading

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  • espinha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin spīna (thorn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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espinha f (plural espinhas)

  1. thorn, stinger
  2. (figurative) bite

Descendants

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  • Galician: espiña
  • Portuguese: espinha

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espinha, from Latin spīna (thorn), from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (sharp point). Cognate with Galician espiña. The sense of "spine" or "thorn" was lost to espinho.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈpĩ.ɲɐ/ [isˈpĩ.j̃ɐ], /esˈpĩ.ɲɐ/ [esˈpĩ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈpĩ.ɲɐ/ [iʃˈpĩ.j̃ɐ], /eʃˈpĩ.ɲɐ/ [eʃˈpĩ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈpi.ɲa/

  • Hyphenation: es‧pi‧nha

Noun

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espinha f (plural espinhas)

  1. backbone
  2. fishbone
  3. pimple
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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espinha

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