especia
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Especias
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese especias (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); a Medieval borrowing from Latin species.
Pronunciation
Noun
especia f (plural especias)
Derived terms
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:
Further reading
- “especia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28