espeto

See also: espetó and espêto

Galician

Carneiro ó espeto ("ram on a spit")

Porco ó espeto or espetada de porco

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese espeto, probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 (*spitus), from Proto-Germanic *spitō (“rod”); alternatively from a Gothic or Suevic form derived from Proto-Germanic *speutą (“spear”). Cognate with Portuguese espeto and Spanish espeto. Compare also English spit and Swedish spett.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpeto̝/

Noun

espeto m (plural espetos)

1. (cooking) a wooden or metal skewer or spit for roasting
   • 1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:

     iten oyto talladores, iten quatorze cunquas, iten dous espetos, iten vnna sartana, iten huas gramaleyras

     item eight knives, item fourteen cups, item two spits, item one frying pan, item a trammel

2. stake

Derived terms

• ao espeto
• espetada
• espetar
• espeteira

Related terms

• espeta
• espicho
• espita
• gaspeto

References

• “espeto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “espeto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “espeto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “espeto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “espeto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

espeto

1. first-person singular present indicative of espetar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 (*spitus), from Proto-Germanic *spitō (“rod”); alternatively from a Gothic or Suevic form derived from Proto-Germanic *speutą (“spear”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish espeto. Compare also English spit and Swedish spett.

Alternative forms

• espêto (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpe.tu/, /esˈpe.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpe.tu/, /esˈpe.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpe.tu/, /eʃˈpe.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpe.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpe.tu/

• Rhymes: -etu
• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧to

Noun

espeto m (plural espetos)

1. skewer; spit (long pin used to secure food during cooking)
2. (figuratively) a slender and tall person

   Synonym: espicho

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.tu/, /esˈpɛ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.tu/, /esˈpɛ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɛ.tu/, /eʃˈpɛ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɛ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɛ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧to

Verb

espeto

1. first-person singular present indicative of espetar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpeto/ [esˈpe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧to

Etymology 1

Probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 (*spitus), from Proto-Germanic *spitō (“rod”); alternatively from a Gothic or Suevic form derived from Proto-Germanic *speutą (“spear”). Cognate with Portuguese espeto and Spanish espeto. Compare also English spit and Swedish spett.

Noun

espeto m (plural espetos)

1. (Spain) fish cooked on a skewer

Derived terms

• espetar
• espetero

 

Etymology 2

Verb

espeto

1. first-person singular present indicative of espetar

Further reading

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