espona

Inherited from Latin sponda (“bedstead”). Compare Italian sponda (“river, shore”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpo.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈpo.na]

espona f (plural espones)

1. bedside
2. ruelle (the space between the side of the bed and the wall)

• esponera

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

Borrowed from Italian esporre.

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈpɔː.na/

• Audio (Gozo):

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espona (imperfect jesponi, past participle espost)

1. to expose, to unmask
2. to exhibit