espina
Spanish, noun
espina is spelled E-S-P-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,318th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “thorn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of espinar. With an accent, espiná is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of espinar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte de una hoja, rama o tallo vegetal que se desarrolla alargada con terminación en punta”.
What does espina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethorn
- 2
femininefishbone
- 3
femininespine, backbone, spinal column
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of espinar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte de una hoja, rama o tallo vegetal que se desarrolla alargada con terminación en punta. 2. Pedazo pequeño de madera o material similar, con forma alargada y puntiaguda. 3. Partes del esqueleto de los peces con forma alargada y puntiaguda. 4. Eje del esqueleto de los animales vertebrados que se encuentra en el centro de la zona dorsal del cuerpo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of espina
- espinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to espina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espina in Spanish?
espina appears 4.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).