avispa

== Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Noun === avispa wasp == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈbispa/ [aˈβ̞is.pa] Rhymes: -ispa Syllabification: a‧vis‧pa === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish biespa, from Latin vespa (“wasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”). The initial /a/ may have been added by analogy with abeja (“bee”). Doublet of vespa. ==== Alternative forms ==== abispa (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== avispa f (plural avispas) wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insects resembling a hornet, normally of the suborder Apocrita) (colloquial) quick-tempered person ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== avispa inflection of avispar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “avispa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025