espora
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “sowing, seed”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editespora f (plural espores)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “espora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “espora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “espora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “espora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAttested 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.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editespora f (plural esporas)
- spur (implement that is fixed to one’s heel for prodding horses)
- spur (naturally growing spike of an animal)
- prod
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- espora de cabaleiro (“knight's spur”)
- esporoar
- esporoada
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “espora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editVia 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”).
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: es‧po‧ra
Noun
editespora f (plural esporas)
- spur (implement that is fixed to one’s heel for prodding horses)
- Synonym: acicate
- spur (naturally growing spike of an animal)
- (figuratively) stimulus, incentive
Further reading
edit- “espora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Etymology 2
editVerb
editespora
- inflection of esporar:
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “sowing, seed”) or maybe from Frankish *sporo (“spur”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editespora f (plural esporas)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “espora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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