especia

See also: espécia, especiá, and espècia

Galician

Especias

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese especias (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); a Medieval borrowing from Latin species.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈpeθjɐ]

Noun

especia f (plural especias)

1. (frequently in the plural) spice

Derived terms

• especiaría

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “especia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “especia”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “especia”, 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), “especia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “especia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpeθja/ [esˈpe.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /esˈpesja/ [esˈpe.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -esja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧cia

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Latin speciēs.

Noun

especia f (plural especias)

1. spice

   Synonyms: condimento, aliño

Derived terms

• nuez de especia
• pan de especias

Etymology 2

Verb

especia

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

Further reading

• “especia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025