repisa

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Portuguese

Verb

repisa

  1. inflection of repisar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈpisa/
  • Rhymes: -isa
  • Syllabification: re‧pi‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from repisar, from re- +‎ pisar.

Noun

repisa f (plural repisas)

  1. shelf, ledge
    Synonyms: estantería, librero
    • 1897, Tomás Carrasquilla Naranjo, Blanca (a las damas de Medellín):
      Y cual si con la admiración se le acabase el entusiasmo hormiguero, corre al santuario, quita la Virgen, la carga en el delantal y la da á Ester para que se la ponga en la repisa del Divino Rostro, donde había que colocársela siempre "para que no estuviera solita".
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

repisa

  1. inflection of repisar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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