estirpe

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin stirpem (“rootstock”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈt͡ʃiʁ.pi/ [isˈt͡ʃih.pi], /esˈt͡ʃiʁ.pi/ [esˈt͡ʃih.pi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈt͡ʃiʁ.pi/ [isˈt͡ʃih.pi], /esˈt͡ʃiʁ.pi/ [esˈt͡ʃih.pi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /isˈt͡ʃiɾ.pi/, /esˈt͡ʃiɾ.pi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈt͡ʃiʁ.pi/ [iʃˈt͡ʃiχ.pi], /eʃˈt͡ʃiʁ.pi/ [eʃˈt͡ʃiχ.pi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈt͡ʃiɻ.pe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtiɾ.pɨ/

• Hyphenation: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

1. lineage, root

   Não deves, filho meu, querer casar com alguém de estirpe mais nobre que a tua.

   You shouldn't, my son, marry someone of a lineage nobler that yours.

2. (biology) strain

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stirpem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtiɾpe/ [esˈt̪iɾ.pe]
• Rhymes: -iɾpe
• Syllabification: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

1. lineage

   Synonym: linaje

Related terms

• estirpar

 

Further reading

• “estirpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014