estirpe

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Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin stirpem (“rootstock”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

  1. lineage, root
    Não deves, filho meu, querer casar com alguém de estirpe mais nobre que a tua.
    You shouldn't, my son, marry someone of a lineage nobler that yours.
  2. (biology) strain

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stirpem.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈtiɾpe/
  • Rhymes: -iɾpe
  • Syllabification: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

  1. lineage
    Synonym: linaje

References

  1. ^ “estirpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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