espinar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espiˈnaɾ/ [es.piˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧pi‧nar

Etymology 1

From espina +‎ -ar (“place where something is grown”).

Noun

espinar m (plural espinares)

1. hawthorn wood
2. place covered with thorny bushes

   Synonym: espinal

Etymology 2

From espina +‎ -ar (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

espinar (first-person singular present espino, first-person singular preterite espiné, past participle espinado)

1. to sting, to pierce

   Synonyms: pinchar, punzar

2. to cover with thorns or thorny branches
3. to offend someone with words

Conjugation

    Conjugation of espinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			espinar
gerund			espinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		espinado		espinada
		plural		espinados		espinadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	espino	espinastú espinásvos	espina	espinamos	espináis	espinan
	imperfect	espinaba	espinabas	espinaba	espinábamos	espinabais	espinaban
	preterite	espiné	espinaste	espinó	espinamos	espinasteis	espinaron
	future	espinaré	espinarás	espinará	espinaremos	espinaréis	espinarán
	conditional	espinaría	espinarías	espinaría	espinaríamos	espinaríais	espinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	espine	espinestú espinésvos2	espine	espinemos	espinéis	espinen
	imperfect (ra)	espinara	espinaras	espinara	espináramos	espinarais	espinaran
	imperfect (se)	espinase	espinases	espinase	espinásemos	espinaseis	espinasen
	future1	espinare	espinares	espinare	espináremos	espinareis	espinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		espinatú espinávos	espine	espinemos	espinad	espinen
	negative		no espines	no espine	no espinemos	no espinéis	no espinen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “espinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025