espita

Probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 (*spitus),^[1] from Proto-Germanic *spitō (“rod”); alternatively from a Gothic or Suevic [Term?] form derived from Proto-Germanic *speutą (“spear”).^[2] Cognate with Portuguese espeto and Spanish espeto. Compare also English spit and Swedish spett.

• IPA^(key): /esˈpita̝/

espita m (plural espitas)

1. large nail
2. large needle
3. awl
4. spiked rod used for the recollection of razor clams
5. spigot

• espeteira

• espeto
• espicho
• gaspeto

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espita”, 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), “espita”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espita”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /esˈpita/ [esˈpi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: es‧pi‧ta

From Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 (*spitus, “spit”), from Proto-Germanic *spituz.

espita f (plural espitas)

1. spigot, tap
   • 2021 March 10, Carlos E. Cué, “El giro de Ciudadanos causa un terremoto político en España”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Murcia se ha convertido así en la espita que abre la guerra definitiva en el bloque de la derecha.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. spile
3. (colloquial) boozehound
4. (informal) dick; prick (penis)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

espita

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

• “espita”, 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