estribo

See also: estribó

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)

1. stirrup

   Synonym: estribeira

2. (anatomy) stirrup bone, stapes
3. (nautical) thole

   Synonym: tolete

4. prop

Derived terms

• perder os estribos

Related terms

• estribeira
• estribiar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estribeyra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estribeyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾi.bu/, /esˈtɾi.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾi.bu/, /esˈtɾi.bu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɾi.bu/, /eʃˈtɾi.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾi.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɾi.bu/ [(i)ʃˈtɾi.βu]

Noun

estribo m (plural estribos)

1. stirrup
2. (anatomy) stapes

   Synonym: (dated) estapédio

   Hypernyms: ossículo, osso

   Coordinate terms: bigorna, martelo

Further reading

• “estribo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “estribo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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)

1. (equestrianism) stirrup

   Synonym: estafa

2. (anatomy) stapes (bone in the middle ear)
3. (geography) spur

   Synonym: espolón

4. footrest

   Synonyms: reposapiés, apoyapiés

Derived terms

• estribar
• estribillo
• la del estribo
• perder los estribos

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estribo

1. first-person singular present indicative of estribar

Further reading

• “estribo”, 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