espeque

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.ki/, /esˈpɛ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.ki/, /esˈpɛ.ki/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɛ.ki/, /eʃˈpɛ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɛ.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɛ.kɨ/

• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French anspect, borrowed from Old Dutch handspaecke.

Noun

espeque m (plural espeques)

1. handspike

   Synonym: escora

2. safeguard

   Synonyms: escora, arrimo, amparo

Etymology 2

Verb

espeque

1. inflection of especar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “espeque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “espeque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French anspect, borrowed from Old Dutch handspaecke.

Noun

espeque m (plural espeques)

1. handspike

Further reading

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