espinal

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əs.piˈnal]
IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [es.piˈnal]

Etymology 1

From Late Latin spīnālis.

Adjective

espinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural espinals)

spinal

Derived terms

medul·la espinal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

espinal m (plural espinals)

alternative form of espinalb (“common hawthorn”)

Derived terms

espinal negre

Further reading

“espinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“espinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “espinal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.piˈnaw/ [is.piˈnaʊ̯], /es.piˈnaw/ [es.piˈnaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.piˈnaw/ [iʃ.piˈnaʊ̯], /eʃ.piˈnaw/ [eʃ.piˈnaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.piˈnal/ [(i)ʃ.piˈnaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.piˈna.li/

Hyphenation: es‧pi‧nal

Adjective

espinal m or f (plural espinais)

alternative form of espinhal

Further reading

“espinal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“espinal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From espina +‎ -al, or from Late Latin spīnālis, from Latin spīna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /espiˈnal/ [es.piˈnal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: es‧pi‧nal

Adjective

espinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural espinales)

spinal

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

“espinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026