espoleta

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian spoletta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.poˈle.tɐ/, /es.poˈle.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.poˈle.tɐ/, /es.poˈle.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.poˈle.tɐ/, /eʃ.poˈle.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.poˈle.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.puˈle.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧po‧le‧ta

Noun

espoleta f (plural espoletas)

1. fuse (for an explosive)

Derived terms

• despoletar
• espoletar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.poˈlɛ.tɐ/, /es.poˈlɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.poˈlɛ.tɐ/, /es.poˈlɛ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.poˈlɛ.tɐ/, /eʃ.poˈlɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.poˈlɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.puˈlɛ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: es‧po‧le‧ta

Verb

espoleta

1. inflection of espoletar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Noun

espoleta f (plural espoletas)

1. fuse (for an explosive)
2. wishbone (of a bird)

Further reading

• “espoleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16