avispa

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet)
2. (feminine) someone quick-tempered

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of avispar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of avispar:

Hyphenated as

a‧vis‧pa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈbispa/

Etymology

Inherited 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.