espurna

== Catalan == === Etymology === Uncertain; possibly pre-Roman, from an Proto-Indo-European root *pur- (“fire”). Also found in Old Catalan as purna. Alternatively, linked to Latin prūna (“burning coal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpur.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈpuɾ.na] === Noun === espurna f (plural espurnes) spark (particle of glowing matter) Synonym: guspira spark (burst of electrical discharge) Synonyms: centella, guspira ==== Derived terms ==== espurnar espurnejar ==== Further reading ==== “espurna”, 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 “espurna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “espurna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026