espello

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espello (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin speclum, from Latin speculum. Compare to Portuguese espelho and Spanish espejo.

• IPA^(key): [esˈpeʎʊ]

espello m (plural espellos)

1. mirror
2. iron flat piece, usually used as reinforcements in wheels or doors

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espello”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espello”, 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), “espello”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espello”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /esˈpɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: e‧spèl‧lo

espello

1. first-person singular present indicative of espellere

• Polesel