especia

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See also: espécia, especiá, and espècia

Galician

Especias

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

especia f (plural especias)

(frequently in the plural) spice

Derived terms

especiaría

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “especia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “especia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “especia”, 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), “especia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “especia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /esˈpeθja/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esˈpesja/
Rhymes: -eθja
Rhymes: -esja
Syllabification: es‧pe‧cia

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Latin speciēs.

Noun

especia f (plural especias)

spice
Synonyms: condimento, aliño

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

especia

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

Further reading

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

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