espinar
Spanish, noun/espiˈnaɾ/
espinar is spelled E-S-P-I-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,923rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espinar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hawthorn wood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Paraje poblado de espinos o donde abundan”.
What does espinar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehawthorn wood
- 2
masculineplace covered with thorny bushes
verb
- 1
to sting, to pierce
- 2
to cover with thorns or thorny branches
- 3
to offend someone with words
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Herir o punzar con algo puntiagudo. 2. Cubrir con zarzas u otras plantas espinosas el tallo de árboles recién plantados, para protegerlos. 3. Ofender a alguien de palabra, con expresiones hirientes. 4. Dicho de un grupo o escuadrón militar: conformar un espín.
noun: 1. Paraje poblado de espinos o donde abundan.
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 espinar
- espinares plural
- espino first-person present singular
- espiné first-person preterite singular
- espinado participle past
- espinando gerund
- espinada feminine participle past
- espinados masculine participle past
- espinadas feminine participle past
- espinas indicative informal present
- espinás indicative informal present
- espina indicative present singular
- espinamos first-person indicative plural
- espináis indicative plural present
- espinan indicative plural present
- espinaba first-person imperfect indicative
- espinabas imperfect indicative second-person
- espinábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- espinabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espinar?
- /espiˈnaɾ/
- [es.piˈnaɾ]
- [espiˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is espinar in Spanish?
espinar appears 1.6 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).