espeso

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See also: espesó

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish espeso, from Latin spissus, from Proto-Indo-European *spidtos.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: es‧pe‧so

Adjective

espeso

  1. thick; viscous
  2. saturated

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese espesso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin spissus, from Proto-Indo-European *spidtos. Cognate with Portuguese espesso, Spanish espeso.

Pronunciation

Adjective

espeso (feminine espesa, masculine plural espesos, feminine plural espesas)

  1. thick
    Synonyms: mesto, testo
    • c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:
      Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se torne espeso como jngento
      for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, kneaded and cooked and stirred till it becomes thick as an ointment
  2. dense; numerous; crowded
    Synonyms: basto, denso, mesto, testo

References

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espesso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espes”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “espeso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “espeso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “espeso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈpeso/
  • Rhymes: -eso
  • Syllabification: es‧pe‧so

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish espesso, from Latin spissus, from Proto-Indo-European *spidtos. Cognate with French épais.

Adjective

espeso (feminine espesa, masculine plural espesos, feminine plural espesas)

  1. dense, thick
  2. (Argentina, Peru, Venezuela) annoying, bothersome, inappropriate, tiresome
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

espeso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of espesar

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