"espora" meaning in Portuguese

See espora in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /isˈpɔ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /esˈpɔ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /isˈpɔ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /esˈpɔ.ɾɐ/ [Brazil], /iʃˈpɔ.ɾɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], /eʃˈpɔ.ɾɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], /esˈpɔ.ɾa/ [Southern-Brazil], /(i)ʃˈpɔ.ɾɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: esporas [plural]
Etymology: Via Old Galician-Portuguese espora from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (*spaura), from Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”); compare Old High German sporo, Old Norse spori. Not to be confused with esporo (“spore”). Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|espora}} Old Galician-Portuguese espora, {{der|pt|got|*𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰}} Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (*spaura), {{der|pt|gem-pro|*spurô||spur}} Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”), {{cog|goh|sporo}} Old High German sporo, {{cog|non|spori}} Old Norse spori Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} espora f (plural esporas)
  1. spur (implement that is fixed to one’s heel for prodding horses) Tags: feminine Synonyms: acicate
    Sense id: en-espora-pt-noun-LWh4jIvb
  2. spur (naturally growing spike of an animal) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-espora-pt-noun-C1AMaiaB
  3. (figuratively) stimulus, incentive Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-espora-pt-noun-FuOrNoSi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} espora
  1. inflection of esporar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: esporar
    Sense id: en-espora-pt-verb-vlzzd6of Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 22 2 4 22 2 1 41 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 1 2 23 1 1 45 4 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 30 1 4 53 13
  2. inflection of esporar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: esporar
    Sense id: en-espora-pt-verb-jIwRU93Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Old Norse spori",
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        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
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      "ipa": "/(i)ʃˈpɔ.ɾɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
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  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈpɔ.ɾɐ/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/esˈpɔ.ɾa/",
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        "Southern-Brazil"
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      "ipa": "/(i)ʃˈpɔ.ɾɐ/",
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  ],
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}

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