esquena

Catalan

Etymology

From Frankish *skina, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Compare English shin, Dutch scheen, German Schiene.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əsˈkə.nə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əsˈkɛ.nə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /esˈke.na/

Noun

esquena f (plural esquenes)

  1. (anatomy) back

Further reading

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