esposa

esposa

See also: esposá

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin spōnsa.

Noun

esposa f (plural esposes)

1. wife (married woman)
2. handcuff

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin spōnsa. Compare Occitan esposa, French épouse, Spanish esposa.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əsˈpɔ.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /esˈpɔ.za/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -oza

Noun

esposa f (plural esposes)

1. Wife; female equivalent of espòs

Synonyms

wife

• la cònjuge
• costella (figurative)
• dona
• muller

Antonyms

husband

• el cònjuge
• espòs
• home
• marit

Hypernyms

spouse

• el cònjuge

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese esposa, from Latin spōnsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈposa̝/

Noun

esposa f (plural esposas)

1. (dated) bride

   Synonym: noiva

2. wife

   Synonym: muller

3. (in the plural) handcuffs
   • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza (ed.), 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

• esponsais
• esposar
• esposas
• esposo
• esposorio

References

• “esposa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “esposa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “esposa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esposa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “esposa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese esposa and Spanish esposa.

Noun

esposa

1. wife

Related terms

• esposo

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese esposa, from Latin spōnsa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpo.zɐ/, /esˈpo.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpo.zɐ/, /esˈpo.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpo.zɐ/, /eʃˈpo.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpo.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpo.zɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpo.za/
• Hyphenation: es‧po‧sa

Noun

esposa f (plural esposas)

1. female equivalent of esposo, wife
2. (usually in plural) handcuffs

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esposa.

Derived terms

• esposinha (diminutive)

Related terms

• esposo
• esposar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈposa/ [esˈpo.sa]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: es‧po‧sa

Etymology 1

From Latin spōnsa.

Noun

esposa f (plural esposas, masculine esposo, masculine plural esposos)

1. wife

   Synonyms: mujer, señora

   Coordinate terms: novia, pareja

2. (usually in the plural) handcuff

   Synonym: (Peru) marrocas

Related terms

• esposas
• esposo
• esposar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

esposa

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• paseos
• posase
• poseas
• posesa
• sopesa

 

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish esposa.

Noun

1. wife

   Synonyms: asawa, asawang babae

Further reading