estirpe

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Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin stirps, stirpem (rootstock).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

  1. lineage, root
    Não deves, filho meu, querer casar com alguém de estirpe mais nobre que a tua.
    You shouldn't, my son, marry someone of a lineage nobler that yours.
  2. (biology) strain

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stirps, stirpem.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈtiɾpe/ [esˈt̪iɾ.pe]

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

  1. lineage

Related terms

References

  1. ^ estirpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014