espinar

• IPA^(key): /espiˈnaɾ/ [es.piˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧pi‧nar

From espina +‎ -ar (“place where something is grown”).

espinar m (plural espinares)

1. hawthorn wood
2. place covered with thorny bushes

   Synonym: espinal

From espina +‎ -ar (verb-forming suffix).

espinar (first-person singular present espino, first-person singular preterite espiné, past participle espinado)

1. to sting, to pierce

   Synonyms: pinchar, punzar

2. to cover with thorns or thorny branches
3. to offend someone with words

• “espinar”, 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