esquina

Etymology

From Old Portuguese esquina (attested in the Galician Cantigas de Santa Maria c. 1264) perhaps from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (skina),^[1] from Proto-Germanic *skinō (“rim, plate”). Cognate with French échine (“spine of an animal”) and English shin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkina̝/

Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)

1. corner
   • 1432, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 89:

     estando y Martín Peres de Trella fasendo hua parede á esquina da parede de hua sua casa

     Being there Martin Perez de Trella, who was building a wall next to the corner of the wall of a house that belongs to him

2. edge

Synonyms

• canto

References

• “esquina” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “esquina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “esquina” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “esquina” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese esquina, from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (skina); see also Old High German scina.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.ˈki.na/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨʃ.ˈki.nɐ/

Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)

1. angle (corner where two walls intersect)
2. corner (of a street)

   A casa faz esquina com a rua República

   The house is on the corner of rua República.

   Natal está ao virar da esquina.

   Christmas is around the corner.

Etymology

From Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (skina), from Proto-Germanic *skinō (“rim, plate”), cognate with French échine (“spine of an animal”) and English shin. Possibly of IE origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkina/

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Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)

1. an exterior corner

See also

• rincón m