espinhar
Portuguese, verb/is.pĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
espinhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to prick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “picar ou ferir com espinho”.
What does espinhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prick
- 2
to annoy, to pester, to nettle
- 3
to become irritated, to become annoyed
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. picar ou ferir com espinho 2. agastar; encolerizar
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 espinhar
- espinho first-person present singular
- espinhei first-person preterite singular
- espinhado participle past
- espinhares infinitive second-person singular
- espinharmos first-person infinitive plural
- espinhardes infinitive plural second-person
- espinharem infinitive plural third-person
- espinhando gerund
- espinhados masculine participle past
- espinhada feminine participle past
- espinhadas feminine participle past
- espinhas indicative present second-person
- espinha indicative present singular
- espinhamos first-person indicative plural
- espinhais indicative plural present
- espinham indicative plural present
- espinhava first-person imperfect indicative
- espinhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espinhar?
- Brazil /is.pĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.pĩˈj̃a(h)]
- Brazil /es.pĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espinhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.