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)

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”)

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