Noun: espeto
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | espeto |
| Plural m | espetos |
Sample Sentences
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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) [1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:]
Nouns inflected like espeto
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
espeto', Portuguese Nouns '
espeto', Spanish Nouns '
espeto', English Nouns '
spit', Swedish Nouns '
spett'.
Verbs referencing "espeto"
Spanish Nouns
espeto.
Translations