"spjega" meaning in Maltese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspjɛː.ɡa/ Forms: spjegi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Sicilian spiega. Etymology templates: {{bor+|mt|scn|spiega}} Borrowed from Sicilian spiega Head templates: {{mt-noun|g=f|p=spjegi}} spjega f (plural spjegi)
  1. explanation Tags: feminine Synonyms: spjegazzjoni, tifsira Related terms: inspjegabbli, spjegabbli, spjegazzjoni
    Sense id: en-spjega-mt-noun-94~K5n1K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈspjɛː.ɡa/
Etymology: Borrowed from Sicilian spiegari and/or Italian spiegare, from Latin explicare. Etymology templates: {{bor+|mt|scn|spiegari}} Borrowed from Sicilian spiegari, {{bor|mt|it|spiegare}} Italian spiegare, {{der|mt|la|explico|explicare}} Latin explicare Head templates: {{mt-verb|jispjega|spjegat||spjegar}} spjega (imperfect jispjega, past participle spjegat, verbal noun spjegar) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|spjegajt|spjegajt|spjega|spjegat|spjegajna|spjegajtu|spjegaw|nispjega|tispjega|jispjega|tispjega|nispjegaw|tispjegaw|jispjegaw|spjega|spjegaw}} Forms: jispjega [imperfect], spjegat [participle, past], spjegar [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], spjegajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], spjegajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], spjega [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], spjegajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], spjegajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], spjegaw [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], spjegajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], spjegajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], spjegat [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], spjegajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], spjegajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], spjegaw [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nispjega [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tispjega [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jispjega [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nispjegaw [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tispjegaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jispjegaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nispjega [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tispjega [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tispjega [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nispjegaw [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tispjegaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jispjegaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], spjega [imperative, second-person, singular], spjegaw [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to explain Synonyms: fiehem, fisser
    Sense id: en-spjega-mt-verb-cgQ~Nwbp Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspjɛː.ɡa/"
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        "to explain"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspjɛː.ɡa/"
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    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "p": "spjegi"
      },
      "expansion": "spjega f (plural spjegi)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "inspjegabbli"
    },
    {
      "word": "spjegabbli"
    },
    {
      "word": "spjegazzjoni"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "explanation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "explanation",
          "explanation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "spjegazzjoni"
        },
        {
          "word": "tifsira"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspjɛː.ɡa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spjega"
}

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