espinhaço

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Portuguese

Etymology

From espinha +‎ -aço.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pĩˈɲa.su/ , /es.pĩˈɲa.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.pĩˈɲa.su/ , /eʃ.pĩˈɲa.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.piˈɲa.so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.piˈɲa.su/

Noun

espinhaço m (plural espinhaços)

(anatomy) spine
(geography) ridge

Further reading

“espinhaço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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