avispa

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insects resembling a hornet, normally of the suborder Apocrita)
2. (colloquial, feminine) quick-tempered person

Verb

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

avispar

1. (transitive) to spur on; egg on
2. (transitive) to make clever

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Concepts

wasp

bee

🐝

hornet

honey

🍯

social

yellowjacket

Synonyms

abeja

🐝

avispón

be

inteligente

moscardón

shacket

vespid

gorra amarilla

persona audaz

chaqueta amarilla

Translations

Wespe

vespa

guêpe

wesp

vespa

vespa

vespa

σφήκα

vèspa

yaban arısı

ape

🐝

Biene

🐝

دبّور

abeille

🐝

Hyphenated as

a‧vis‧pa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈbispa/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: biespa

Inherited from Latin: vespa

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂der.
Latin vespa
Old Spanish biespa
Latin apis
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin -cula
Latin apicula
Old Spanish abeja
Spanish abejainflu.
Spanish avispa
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.