espíritu
See also: espiritu
Asturian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈpiɾitu/ [esˈpi.ɾi.t̪u]
- Rhymes: -iɾitu
- Syllabification: es‧pí‧ri‧tu
Noun
espíritu m (plural espíritos)
Related terms
Leonese
Etymology
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Noun
espíritu m (plural espíritos)
References
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spiritus. Compare the older forms espirto, espirtu. Cognate with English spirit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈpiɾitu/ [esˈpi.ɾi.t̪u]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -iɾitu
- Syllabification: es‧pí‧ri‧tu
Noun
espíritu m (plural espíritus)
Hyponyms
- espíritu de equipo
- espíritu de sacrificio
- espíritu del escalador
- espíritu libre (“free spirit”)
- espíritu maligno (“evil spirit, ghoul”)
Derived terms
- espíritu de contradicción
- espíritu de sal
- espíritu de vino
- levantar el espíritu
- libertad del espíritu
- pobre de espíritu
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “espíritu”, 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