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, 2012–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Italic *spekjō

Latin speciō

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin speciēsbor.

Spanish especie

Borrowed from Latin speciēs.

Noun

especie f (plural especies)

1. species
2. type, sort, kind

Derived terms

• en especie
• 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025