espeque

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.ki/, /esˈpɛ.ki/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɛ.ki/, /eʃˈpɛ.ki/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɛ.ke/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɛ.kɨ/

Hyphenation: es‧pe‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French anspect, borrowed from Old Dutch handspaecke.

Noun

espeque m (plural espeques)

handspike
Synonym: escora
safeguard
Synonyms: escora, arrimo, amparo

Verb

espeque

inflection of especar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French anspect, borrowed from Old Dutch handspaecke.

Noun

espeque m (plural espeques)

handspike

Further reading

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

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