aspa

Borrowed from Spanish aspa.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈas.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈas.pa]

aspa f (plural aspes)

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• “aspa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• “aspa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Syllabic abbreviation of asiakaspalvelu

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑspɑ/, [ˈɑ̝s̠pɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑspɑ
• Syllabification^(key): as‧pa
• Hyphenation^(key): as‧pa

aspa (colloquial)

1. customer service (department)

• asap, sapa

aspa

1. indefinite genitive plural of ösp

aspa m (genitive singular aspa, nominative plural aspaí)

1. alternative form of haspa (“hasp”)

aspa f

1. genitive singular of asp (“asp”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aspa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Vulgar Latin *haspa. Doublet of aspo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.pa/
• Rhymes: -aspa
• Hyphenation: à‧spa

aspa f (plural aspe)

1. synonym of aspo
2. synonym of aspatoio

• aspa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• sapa

• aspen

aspa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of asp

From Vulgar Latin *haspa.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aspɐ, (Portugal) -aʃpɐ
• Hyphenation: as‧pa

aspa f (plural aspas)

1. crux decussata (an X-shaped cross, used to crucify people)

   Synonym: cruz decussata

2. Saint Andrew's cross (any X-shaped symbol)

   Synonym: cruz de Santo André

3. (heraldry) saltire (ordinary in the shape of an X)

   Synonym: sautor

4. (typography) quotation mark; inverted comma (the character ‘', ’ or '')
5. an animal’s horn

   Synonyms: chifre, corno, guampa

   • 1975, Tião Carreiro, Pardinho, “Travessia do Araguaia”, in Modas de Viola Classe A‎^[1], volume 2, Rio de Janeiro: WEA Discos Ltda.:

     Era um boi de aspa grande / já roído pelos anos / O coitado não sabia / do seu destino tirano

     It was a big horned bull / already gnawed by the years / The poor guy didn't know / of his tyrannical destiny

6. sail (blade of a windmill)

• aspas

• IPA^(key): /ˈaspa/ [ˈas.pa]
• Rhymes: -aspa
• Syllabification: as‧pa

From Vulgar Latin *haspa.

aspa f (plural aspas)

1. cross, St. Anthony's cross
2. blade, vane (of a windmill, turbine, fan, or helicopter)
3. z-shaped figure
4. spool, reel (yarn)
5. wheel
6. (mining) intersection of two veins
7. (South America) horn
8. (heraldry) saltire
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Tenía dos vergas en el palo de trinquete, y en el de mesana que era pequeñísimo flotaba un jirón rojo, ennegrecido por el humo, en cuyas aspas podía reconocerse las insignias de la Gran Bretaña.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

9. hasp

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like aspa, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el aspa. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al aspa, del aspa.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un aspa or una aspa. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor aspa, una buena aspa.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el aspa única, un(a) aspa buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

• → Catalan: aspa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

aspa

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

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

From Proto-Iranian *Hácwah

aspa

1. (zoology) horse

• aspar