estribo

estribo

See also: estribó

Galician

Etymology

Unknown; probably from a Germanic language.[1] Cognate with Spanish and Portuguese estribo, Catalan estrep, Occitan estreup, French étrier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈtɾiβʊ]

Noun

estribo m (plural estribos)

1. stirrup

   Synonym: estribeira

2. (anatomy) stirrup bone, stapes
3. (nautical) thole

   Synonym: tolete

4. prop

Derived terms

• perder os estribos

Related terms

• estribeira
• estribiar

References

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

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “estribo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Portuguese

Etymology

Compare Spanish estribo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾi.bu/, /esˈtɾi.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾi.bu/, /esˈtɾi.bu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɾi.bu/, /eʃˈtɾi.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾi.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɾi.bu/ [(i)ʃˈtɾi.βu]

Noun

estribo m (plural estribos)

1. stirrup
2. (anatomy) stapes

   Synonym: (dated) estapédio

   Hypernyms: ossículo, osso

   Coordinate terms: bigorna, martelo

Further reading

• “estribo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “estribo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾibo/ [esˈt̪ɾi.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: es‧tri‧bo

Etymology 1

Uncertain, possibly related to Latin stapēs.

Noun

estribo m (plural estribos)

1. (equestrianism) stirrup

   Synonym: estafa

2. (anatomy) stapes (bone in the middle ear)
3. footrest
4. (geography) spur

Derived terms

• estribar
• estribillo
• perder los estribos

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estribo

1. first-person singular present indicative of estribar

Further reading

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