espora

Borrowed from New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “sowing, seed”).

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

espora f (plural espores)

1. spore

• esporàdic

• “espora”, 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
• “espora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “espora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “espora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• espola

Attested in local Latin documents at least since the 11th century. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”). Cognate of Portuguese espora, Spanish espuela, English spur, German Sporn, Old Norse spori.

• IPA^(key): [esˈpɔɾɐ]

espora f (plural esporas)

1. spur (implement that is fixed to one’s heel for prodding horses)
2. spur (naturally growing spike of an animal)
3. prod

• esporón

• espora de cabaleiro (“knight's spur”)
• esporoar
• esporoada

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

Via Old Galician-Portuguese espora from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (*spaura), from Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”); compare Old High German sporo, Old Norse spori.

Not to be confused with esporo (“spore”).

• Hyphenation: es‧po‧ra

espora f (plural esporas)

1. spur (implement that is fixed to one’s heel for prodding horses)

   Synonym: acicate

2. spur (naturally growing spike of an animal)
3. (figuratively) stimulus, incentive

• “espora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

espora

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

Borrowed from New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “sowing, seed”) or maybe from Frankish *sporo (“spur”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈpoɾa/ [esˈpo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: es‧po‧ra

espora f (plural esporas)

1. (botany) spore

• “espora”, 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