espira

== Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from espirar. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpi.ɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈpi.ɾa] ==== Noun ==== espira f (plural espires) (Balearic) spark Synonym: guspira ==== Further reading ==== “espira”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “espira” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== espira inflection of espirar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Galician == === Verb === espira first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of espir == Italian == === Verb === espira inflection of espirare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === Persia, apersi, arpesi, paresi, presai, ripesa, saperi, saprei, separi, serpai, sperai, spiare, spierà == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ra === Etymology 1 === From Latin spira. ==== Noun ==== espira f (plural espiras) turn (single loop of a coil) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== espira inflection of espirar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “espira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “espira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈpiɾa/ [esˈpi.ɾa] Rhymes: -iɾa Syllabification: es‧pi‧ra === Etymology 1 === From Latin spīra (probably borrowed), from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra). ==== Noun ==== espira f (plural espiras) a single turn of a spiral === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== espira inflection of espirar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “espira”, 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