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avispa.

wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insects resembling a hornet, normally of the suborder Apocrita)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/aˈbispa/[aˈβ̞is.pa]
  1. wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insects resembling a hornet, normally of the suborder Apocrita)

    feminine
  2. quick-tempered person

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂der. Latin vespa Old Spanish biespa ▲ Spanish abejainflu. Spanish avispa Inherited from Old Spanish biespa, from Latin vespa (“wasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”). The initial /a/ may have been added by analogy with abeja (“bee”). For the development of the stressed vowel, compare víspera, níspero. Doublet of vespa.

verb/aˈbispa/[aˈβ̞is.pa]
  1. inflection of avispar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of avispar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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