espinal
Portuguese, adjective/is.piˈnaw/
espinal is spelled E-S-P-I-N-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,864th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espinal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “alternative form of espinhal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo à espinha ou à coluna vertebral”.
What does espinal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinealternative form of espinhal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à espinha ou à coluna vertebral 2. referente à medula espinhal 3. que se localiza ou se desenvolve ao longo da coluna vertebral
noun: 1. terreno ou local onde crescem espinheiros; espinheiral
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of espinal
- espinais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espinal?
- Brazil /is.piˈnaw/
- Brazil [is.piˈnaʊ̯]
- Brazil /es.piˈnaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espinal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espinal in Portuguese?
espinal appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).