esquina

From Old Portuguese esquina (attested in the Galician Cantigas de Santa Maria c. 1264) perhaps from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina),[1] from Proto-Germanic *skinō (“rim, plate”). Cognate with French échine (“spine of an animal”) and English shin.

• IPA^(key): /esˈkina̝/

esquina f (plural esquinas)

1. corner
   • 1432, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 89:

     estando y Martín Peres de Trella fasendo hua parede á esquina da parede de hua sua casa

     Being there Martin Perez de Trella, who was building a wall next to the corner of the wall of a house that belongs to him

2. edge

• canto

• “esquina” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “esquina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “esquina” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “esquina” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese esquina, from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina); see also Old High German scina.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨʃ.ˈki.nɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.ˈki.na/
• Hyphenation: es‧qui‧na

esquina f (plural esquinas)

1. angle (corner where two walls intersect)

   Synonyms: ângulo, canto

2. corner (of a street)

   A casa faz esquina com a rua República ― The house is on the corner of rua República.

   Natal está ao virar da esquina. ― Christmas is around the corner.

From Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina), from Proto-Germanic *skinō (“rim, plate”), cognate with French échine (“spine of an animal”) and English shin. Possibly of IE origin.

• IPA^(key): /esˈkina/
• Hyphenation: es‧qui‧na

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esquina f (plural esquinas)

1. an exterior corner

• rincón m