estirpe

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin stirpem (“rootstock”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

1. lineage, root

   Não deves, filho meu, querer casar com alguém de estirpe mais nobre que a tua.

   You shouldn't, my son, marry someone of a lineage nobler that yours.

2. (biology) strain

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stirps, stirpem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtiɾpe/ [esˈt̪iɾ.pe]
• Rhymes: -iɾpe
• Syllabification: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

1. lineage

Related terms

• estirpar

Further reading

• “estirpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014