hespital

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Asturian

Nuevu Hespital Universitariu Central d'Asturies (HUCA), Uviéu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Compare borrowing hospital.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /espiˈtal/,
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: hes‧pi‧tal

Noun

hespital m (plural hespitales)

  1. hospital (building)
    • 1634-1662?, Antón de Marirreguera, Diálogo Político‎:
      De les pagues, faga cuenta / Que nos hecha al hespital.
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    • 1707, Francisco Bernaldo de Quirós, El Caballu:
      Pero non para hespitales
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    • 1912, José García Peláez, ¡¡El Diañu los Micóbrios!!:
      ¿Non decín que díbes chala pa 'l hespital? / Llucu fora al ensiñala á vevir de siñorita 'n un hespital.
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