"avispa" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /aˈbispa/, [aˈβ̞is.pa] Forms: avispas [plural], abispa [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -ispa Etymology: 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, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”). 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. Etymology templates: {{uxi|es|Una avispa|A wasp}} Una avispa ― A wasp, {{etymon|es|:inh|osp:biespa<id:wasp>|:influence|abeja<id:bee>|id=wasp|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂der. Latin vespa Old Spanish biespa ▲ Spanish abejainflu. Spanish avispa, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|biespa|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish biespa, {{inh+|es|osp|biespa}} Inherited from Old Spanish biespa, {{der|es|la|vespa}} Latin vespa, {{der|es|ine-pro|*wobʰseh₂||wasp}} Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), {{ic|/a/}} /a/, {{doublet|es|vespa}} Doublet of vespa Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} avispa f (plural avispas)
  1. wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insects resembling a hornet, normally of the suborder Apocrita) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-avispa-es-noun-CM-9uWuH Categories (other): Insects Disambiguation of Insects: 23 36 37 3
  2. (colloquial) quick-tempered person Tags: colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-avispa-es-noun-7tiTNFrA Categories (other): Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Anger, Insects Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 8 12 39 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 27 73 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 25 75 Disambiguation of Anger: 6 58 36 0 Disambiguation of Insects: 23 36 37 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avispa alemana, avispa asiática, avispar, avispero, avispilla, avispón, cintura de avispa
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /aˈbispa/, [aˈβ̞is.pa]
Rhymes: -ispa Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} avispa
  1. inflection of avispar:
    third-person singular present indicative     Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: avispar
    Sense id: en-avispa-es-verb-HibeWnll Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Insects Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 8 12 39 3 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 12 29 48 11 Disambiguation of Insects: 23 36 37 3
  2. inflection of avispar:
    second-person singular imperative     Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: avispar
    Sense id: en-avispa-es-verb-q8AFq~Mb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "ipa": "[aˈβ̞is.pa]"
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