esposa
See also: esposá
Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]esposa f (plural esposes)
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin spōnsa. Compare Occitan esposa, French épouse, Spanish esposa.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern) [əsˈpo̞.zə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [əsˈpɔ.zə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [esˈpɔ.za]
Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -oza
Noun
[edit]esposa f (plural esposes)
Synonyms
[edit]wife
Antonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]spouse
- el cònjuge
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese esposa, from Latin spōnsa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]esposa f (plural esposas, masculine esposo, masculine plural esposos)
- (dated) bride
- Synonym: noiva
- wife
- Synonym: muller
- (in the plural) handcuffs
- 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 171:
- Torre de Rriãjo. O que rreçebeu Gonçaluo Mariño de Fernando de Catoyra cõ a casa e fortalesa de Rriãjo. Primeyramẽte: Húa cadea de ferro cõ seu cãdado e çinco farroupeas e dúas esposas. Hũas coyraças. Tres huchas. Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao. Quatro baçinetes. Hũu trono cõ seu serujdor e hũu fole de póluora. Dos carcaixes de biratõos. Hũu torno de armar ballesta.
- Tower of Rianxo. What Gonçalvo Mariño received from Fernando of Catoira, together with the tower-house and fortress at Rianxo. First: an iron chain with its padlock and five fetters and two handcuffs. Some cuirasses. Three chests. Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood. Four bascinets. A bombard with its server and a skin of powder. Two quivers of bolts. A winch for charging crossbows.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esposa”, 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), “esposa”, 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), “esposa”, 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), “esposa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esposa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Further reading
[edit]- “esposa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “esposa”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Papiamentu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese esposa and Spanish esposa.
Noun
[edit]esposa
Related terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esposa, from Latin spōnsa.
Alternative forms
[edit]- espôsa (pre-reform spelling)
Pronunciation
[edit]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈpozɐ/
- Hyphenation: es‧po‧sa
Noun
[edit]esposa f (plural esposas)
- female equivalent of esposo: wife
- 2006, Norma Simões Lopes Duarte, Mulheres de um homem só, Editora AGE Ltda., →ISBN, page 36:
- Os pensamentos que fervilhavam em seus cérebros era: afinal, homens é que podiam falar palavrão e baixarias, não suas distintas esposas criadas em colégio de freiras.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (obsolete) bride
Derived terms
[edit]- (diminutive) esposinha
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: es‧po‧sa
Verb
[edit]esposa
- inflection of esposar:
Further reading
[edit]- “esposa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “esposa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]esposa f (plural esposas, masculine esposo, masculine plural esposos)
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]esposa f (plural esposas)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]esposa
- inflection of esposar:
Further reading
[edit]- “esposo”, 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
Anagrams
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish esposa. Doublet of posas.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔesˈposa/ [ʔɛsˈpoː.sɐ]
- Rhymes: -osa
- Syllabification: es‧po‧sa
Noun
[edit]esposa (masculine esposo, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜐ)
- (literary) wife
- Synonyms: maybahay, (colloquial) misis
- Hypernyms: asawa, kabiyak, kabiyak ng dibdib
- 1700s, José de la Cruz, Ibong Adarna:
- At ang caniyang esposa yaong mariquit, na reina, ang pangala't bansag niya ay si doña Valeriana.
- And his wife, yonder beautiful queen, the name given to her is Doña Valeriana.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “esposa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
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- Rhymes:Catalan/oza
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