avispa
Spanish
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avispa
Alternative forms
- abispa (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Spanish biespa, from Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”). The initial /a/ may have been added by analogy with abeja (“bee”). For the development of the stressed vowel, compare víspera, níspero. Doublet of vespa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbispa/ [aˈβ̞is.pa]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -ispa
- Syllabification: a‧vis‧pa
Noun
avispa f (plural avispas)
- wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet)
- [1591, Richard Percyuall, Bibliotheca Hispanica. Containg a Grammar, with a Dictionaire in Spanish, English, and Latine, gathered out of diuers good Authors: very profitable for the studious of the Spanish toong, London: Iohn Iackson:
- Abiſpa,a waſpe,Veſpa.
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- someone quick-tempered
Derived terms
- avispa asiática
- avispar
- avispero
- avispilla
- avispón
- cintura de avispa
Verb
avispa
- inflection of avispar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “avispa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014