"esbirro" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /esˈbiro/, [ezˈβ̞i.ro] Forms: esbirros [plural]
Rhymes: -iro Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Italian s- substrate? Proto-Celtic *birros Gaulish *birrosbor. Latin birrus Italian birro Italian sbirrobor. Spanish esbirro Borrowed from Italian sbirro. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:bor|it:sbirro<ref:<span class="cited-source">Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (<span class="None" lang="und">1984), “esbirro”, in <cite>Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico</cite> [<cite>Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary</cite>] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, <small>→ISBN</small>, page 660</span></span>>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Italian s- substrate? Proto-Celtic *birros Gaulish *birrosbor. Latin birrus Italian birro Italian sbirrobor. Spanish esbirro [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "out", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁éǵʰ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-s", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁éǵʰs", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*eks", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ex", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ex-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "s-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "short", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "substrate", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qfa-sub" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*birros", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cel-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Gaulish", "term" : "*birros", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "cel-gau" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "birrus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "birro", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "sbirro", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "esbirro", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="esbirro"> Borrowed from Italian sbirro. Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} esbirro m (plural esbirros)
  1. henchman, hired thug Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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