
espeto
Meaning
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- (masculine) skewer; spit (long pin used to secure food during cooking)
- (figuratively, masculine) a slender and tall person
Frequency
Hyphenated as
es‧pe‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/isˈpe.tu/
Etymology
In summary
Probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 (*spitus), from Proto-Germanic *spitō (“rod”); alternatively from a Gothic or Suevic form derived from Proto-Germanic *speutą (“spear”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish espeto. Compare also English spit and Swedish spett.
Related words
New
espetar
- to spit (to impale on a spit)
- to prick; to pierce; to puncture
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