espineta
Portuguese, noun/is.piˈne.tɐ/
espineta is spelled E-S-P-I-N-E-T-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese, the 185,713th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espineta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “spinet (short, compact harpsichord)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does espineta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespinet (short, compact harpsichord)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of espineta
- espinetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espineta?
- Brazil /is.piˈne.tɐ/
- Brazil /es.piˈne.tɐ/
- /iʃ.piˈne.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espineta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espineta in Portuguese?
espineta appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).