especie

See also: especié, espécie, and espècie

Galician

Etymology

From Latin speciēs.

Noun

especie m (plural especies)

1. (biology) species

Related terms

• específico
• interespecífico
• intraespecífico

Further reading

• “especie”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /esˈpeθje/ [esˈpe.θje]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esˈpesje/ [esˈpe.sje]
• Rhymes: -eθje
• Rhymes: -esje
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧cie

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin speciēs.

Noun

especie f (plural especies)

1. species
2. type, sort, kind

Derived terms

• especie en peligro de extinción
• subespecie

Related terms

• especia

Etymology 2

Verb

especie

1. inflection of especiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “especie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10