avispa
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Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- abispa (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish biespa, from Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”). The initial /a/ may have been added by analogy with abeja (“bee”). Doublet of vespa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
avispa f (plural avispas)
- wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet)
- [1591, Richard Percyuall, Bibliotheca Hispanica. Containg a Grammar, with a Dictionaire in Spanish, English, and Latine, gathered out of diuers good Authors: very profitable for the studious of the Spanish toong, London: Iohn Iackson:
- Abiſpa,a waſpe,Veſpa.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)]
- crafty person; one who angers easily
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
avispa
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of avispar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of avispar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of avispar.
Further reading[edit]
- “avispa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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