esposa

See also: esposá

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin spōnsa.

Noun

esposa f (plural esposes)

1. wife (married woman)
2. handcuff

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin spōnsa. Compare Occitan esposa, French épouse, Spanish esposa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpɔ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈpɔ.za]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oza

Noun

esposa f (plural esposes)

1. wife; female equivalent of espòs

Synonyms

wife

• la cònjuge
• costella (figurative)
• dona
• muller

Antonyms

husband

• el cònjuge
• espòs
• home
• marit

Hypernyms

spouse

• el cònjuge

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esposa, from Latin spōnsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈposa̝/

Noun

esposa f (plural esposas, masculine esposo, masculine plural esposos)

1. (dated) bride

   Synonym: noiva

2. wife

   Synonym: muller

3. (in the plural) handcuffs
   • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 171:

     Torre de Rriãjo. O que rreçebeu Gonçaluo Mariño de Fernando de Catoyra cõ a casa e fortalesa de Rriãjo. Primeyramẽte: Húa cadea de ferro cõ seu cãdado e çinco farroupeas e dúas esposas. Hũas coyraças. Tres huchas. Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao. Quatro baçinetes. Hũu trono cõ seu serujdor e hũu fole de póluora. Dos carcaixes de biratõos. Hũu torno de armar ballesta.

     Tower of Rianxo. What Gonçalvo Mariño received from Fernando of Catoira, together with the tower-house and fortress at Rianxo. First: an iron chain with its padlock and five fetters and two handcuffs. Some cuirasses. Three chests. Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood. Four bascinets. A bombard with its server and a skin of powder. Two quivers of bolts. A winch for charging crossbows.

Related terms

• esponsais
• esposar
• esposas
• esposo
• esposorio

References

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

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese esposa and Spanish esposa.

Noun

esposa

1. wife

Related terms

• esposo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esposa, from Latin spōnsa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpo.zɐ/, /esˈpo.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpo.zɐ/, /esˈpo.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpo.zɐ/, /eʃˈpo.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpo.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpo.zɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpozɐ/
• Hyphenation: es‧po‧sa

Noun

esposa f (plural esposas)

1. female equivalent of esposo: wife
2. (archaic or obsolete) bride

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esposa.

Derived terms

• (diminutive) esposinha

 

Related terms

• esposar
• esposo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔ.zɐ/, /esˈpɔ.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔ.zɐ/, /esˈpɔ.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɔ.zɐ/, /eʃˈpɔ.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɔ.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɔ.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: es‧po‧sa

Verb

esposa

1. inflection of esposar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈposa/ [esˈpo.sa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: es‧po‧sa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin spōnsa.

Noun

esposa f (plural esposas, masculine esposo, masculine plural esposos)

1. wife

   Synonyms: mujer, señora

   Coordinate terms: novia, pareja

2. (usually in the plural) handcuff

   Synonym: (Peru) marrocas

Related terms

• esposar
• esposas
• esposo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

esposa

1. inflection of esposar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “esposo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• paseos
• posase
• poseas
• posesa
• sopesa

 

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esposa. Doublet of posas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔesˈposa/ [ʔɛsˈpoː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: es‧po‧sa

Noun

esposa (masculine esposo, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜐ)

1. (literary) wife

   Synonyms: maybahay, (colloquial) misis

   Hypernyms: asawa, kabiyak, kabiyak ng dibdib

Related terms

• isponsor

 

References

• “esposa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024