especia

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese especias (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); a Medieval borrowing from Latin species.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈpeθjɐ]

Noun

especia f (plural especias)

1. (frequently in the plural) spice

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “especia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “especia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “especia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “especia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “especia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /esˈpeθja/ [esˈpe.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esˈpesja/ [esˈpe.sja]
• Rhymes: -eθja
• Rhymes: -esja
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧cia

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Latin speciēs.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “especia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10