espira
Portuguese, noun/isˈpi.ɾɐ/
espira is spelled E-S-P-I-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “turn (single loop of a coil)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of espirar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arco compreendido entre dois pontos consecutivos, situados sobre um mesmo plano”.
What does espira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineturn (single loop of a coil)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. arco compreendido entre dois pontos consecutivos, situados sobre um mesmo plano 2. cada uma das voltas de um espiral 3. rosca de parafuso 4. cada volta de um enrolamento
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 espira
- espiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espira?
- Brazil /isˈpi.ɾɐ/
- Brazil /esˈpi.ɾɐ/
- /iʃˈpi.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is espira in Portuguese?
espira appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).