hiniestra
Spanish
Etymology
From older finiestra, from Latin fenestra. Doublet of fenestra.
Cognate with Galician fiestra, Catalan finestra, Aragonese finestra, Italian finestra, Sicilian finestra, Occitan fenèstra, French fenêtre, Portuguese fresta and Romanian fereastră.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈnjestɾa/ [iˈnjes.t̪ɾa]
- Rhymes: -estɾa
- Syllabification: hi‧nies‧tra
Noun
hiniestra f (plural hiniestras)
- (archaic) window
- Synonyms: (obsolete) fenestra, (obsolete) finiestra, ventana
Further reading
- “hiniestra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014