espeto

Significado

Noun

1. (masculine) skewer; spit (long pin used to secure food during cooking)
2. (figuratively,masculine) a slender and tall person

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of espetar

Hifenizado como

es‧pe‧to

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/isˈpe.tu/

Etimologia

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.