esquina

See also: esquiná

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esquina (attested in the Galician Cantigas de Santa Maria c. 1264) perhaps from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina), from Proto-Germanic *skinō (“rim, plate”). Cognate with French échine (“spine of an animal”) and English shin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkina/ [es̺ˈki.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: es‧qui‧na

Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)

1. corner
   • 1432, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 89:

     estando y Martín Peres de Trella fasendo hua parede á esquina da parede de hua sua casa

     Being there Martin Perez de Trella, who was building a wall next to the corner of the wall of a house that belongs to him

2. edge

Synonyms

• curruncho
• recuncho
• canto
• recanto

Derived terms

• esquinado
• esquinal
• esquinar

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “esquina”, 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), “esquina”, 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), “esquina”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esquina”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “esquina”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “esquina”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkĩ.nɐ/, /esˈkĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkĩ.nɐ/, /esˈkĩ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkĩ.nɐ/, /eʃˈkĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈki.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈki.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: es‧qui‧na

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esquina, from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina); see also Old High German scina.

Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)

1. angle (corner where two walls intersect)

   Synonyms: ângulo, canto, cunhal

2. corner (of a street)

   A casa faz esquina com a rua República ― The house is on the corner of rua República.

   Natal está ao virar da esquina. ― Christmas is around the corner.

Derived terms

• esquinar
• uniesquina
• vai ver se eu estou na esquina

Related terms

• esquinado
• esquinar

Etymology 2

Verb

esquina

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

Further reading

• “esquina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “esquina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkina/ [esˈki.na]

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: es‧qui‧na

Etymology 1

From Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina), from Proto-Germanic *skinō (“rim, plate”), cognate with French échine (“spine of an animal”) and English shin. Possibly of IE origin.

Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)

1. (exterior) corner
2. (sports) corner

Derived terms

• a la vuelta de la esquina
• doblar la esquina
• esquinal
• esquinar
• esquinazo
• esquinero
• las cuatro esquinas
• saque de esquina
• tiro de esquina

Descendants

• → Basque: izkina

Etymology 2

Verb

esquina

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

See also

• rincón m

Further reading

• “esquina”, 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