espiño

Galician

Espiño ("hawthorn")

Espiño ("blackthorn")

Etymology 1

From Latin spinus (“thorn-bush”). Cognate with Portuguese espinho and Spanish espino.

Alternative forms

• espín (NE Galician)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpiɲo̝/

Noun

espiño m (plural espiños)

1. common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

   Synonym: estripeiro

2. blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

   Synonyms: abruñeiro, escambrón

3. thorn (sharp protective spine of a plant)

   Synonyms: puga, espiña

Derived terms

• Espiñaredo
• Espiñedo
• Espiñeira
• Espiñeirido
• Espiñeiro
• Espiñeiros
• Espiño
• Espiñoso
• Espiñuda

Related terms

• espiña

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espino”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espiño”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espino”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espiño”, 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), “espiño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espiño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

espiño

1. first-person singular present indicative of espiñar