ínsula

See also: insula, Insula, and insulă

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsula. Doublet of ilha and ínsua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.su.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩsulɐ
• Hyphenation: ín‧su‧la

Noun

ínsula f (plural ínsulas)

1. (poetic) island
2. (historical) insula (type of Roman building)
3. (historical) insula (block of Roman buildings)
4. (neuroanatomy) insula (structure of the human brain)

Related terms

• insular

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsula. Doublet of isla, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinsula/ [ˈĩn.su.la]
• Rhymes: -insula
• Syllabification: ín‧su‧la

Noun

ínsula f (plural ínsulas)

1. (poetic, obsolete) Alternative form of isla (“island”)

Further reading

• “ínsula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10