estribo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Unknown; probably from a Germanic language. Cognate with Spanish and Portuguese estribo, Catalan estrep, Occitan estreup, French étrier.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [esˈtɾiβʊ]
=== Noun ===
estribo m (plural estribos)
stirrup
Synonym: estribeira
(anatomy) stirrup bone, stapes
(nautical) thole
Synonym: tolete
prop
==== Derived terms ====
perder os estribos
==== Related terms ====
estribeira
estribiar
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “estribeyra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “estribeyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estribo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estribo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estribo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Compare Spanish estribo.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
estribo m (plural estribos)
stirrup
(anatomy) stapes
Synonym: (dated) estapédio
Hypernyms: ossículo, osso
Coordinate terms: bigorna, martelo
=== Further reading ===
“estribo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“estribo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“estribo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /esˈtɾibo/ [esˈt̪ɾi.β̞o]
Rhymes: -ibo
Syllabification: es‧tri‧bo
=== Etymology 1 ===
Uncertain; probably from a Germanic language. Cognate with Portuguese estribo, Catalan estrep, Occitan estreup, and French étrier.
==== Noun ====
estribo m (plural estribos)
(equestrianism) stirrup
Synonym: estafa
(anatomy) stapes (bone in the middle ear)
(geography) spur
Synonym: espolón
footrest
Synonyms: reposapiés, apoyapiés
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
estribo
first-person singular present indicative of estribar
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“estribo”, 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