esquina

See also: esquiná

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese esquina (attested in the Galician Cantigas de Santa Maria c. 1264) perhaps from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina),[1] from Proto-Germanic *skinō (rim, plate). Cognate with French échine (spine of an animal) and English shin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkina̝/

Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)

  1. corner
    • 1432, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 89:
      estando y Martín Peres de Trella fasendo hua parede á esquina da parede de hua sua casa
      Being there Martin Perez de Trella, who was building a wall next to the corner of the wall of a house that belongs to him
  2. edge

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • esquina” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • esquina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • esquina” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • esquina” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. esquina.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese esquina, from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina); see also Old High German scina.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɨʃ.ˈki.nɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /es.ˈki.na/
  • Hyphenation: es‧qui‧na

Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)

  1. angle (corner where two walls intersect)
    Synonyms: ângulo, canto
  2. corner (of a street)
    A casa faz esquina com a rua RepúblicaThe house is on the corner of rua República.
    Natal está ao virar da esquina.Christmas is around the corner.

Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina), from Proto-Germanic *skinō (rim, plate), cognate with French échine (spine of an animal) and English shin. Possibly of IE origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkina/
  • Hyphenation: es‧qui‧na
  • (file)

Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)

  1. an exterior corner

See also

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