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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espiˈnaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: es‧pi‧nar
Etymology 1
From espina + -ar (“place where something is grown”).
Noun
espinar m (plural espinares)
- hawthorn wood
- place covered with thorny bushes
- Synonym: espinal
Etymology 2
From espina + -ar (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
espinar (first-person singular present espino, first-person singular preterite espiné, past participle espinado)
- to sting, to pierce
- Synonyms: pinchar, punzar
- to cover with thorns or thorny branches
- to offend someone with words
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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