espinho

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === despinho, espĩho, espino, espynho, spĩho, spim, spinho === Etymology === Inherited from Latin spīnus, from spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey-. Cognate with Old Spanish espino. === Noun === espinho m (plural espinhos) thorn (sharp protective spine of a plant) Synonym: espinha (loosely) spike ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Fala: (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) espiñu, (Lagarteiru) ispiñu Galician: espiño Portuguese: espinho === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “espino”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “espinho”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “espino”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iɲu Homophone: Espinho Hyphenation: es‧pi‧nho === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espinho, from Latin spīnus (“thorn-bush”). ==== Noun ==== espinho m (plural espinhos) thorn (sharp protective spine of a plant) (by extension) any sharp point Synonym: ponta (botany, specifically) a thorn which grows from the woody core of a plant, as opposed to an acúleo, which grows from the epidermis ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== espinho first-person singular present indicative of espinhar === Further reading === “espinho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “espinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026