ínsula
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin īnsula. Doublet of ilha and ínsua.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈĩ.su.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈĩ.su.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈĩ.su.lɐ/
- Rhymes: -ĩsulɐ
- Hyphenation: ín‧su‧la
Noun
ínsula f (plural ínsulas)
- (poetic) island
- (historical) insula (type of Roman building)
- (historical) insula (block of Roman buildings)
- (neuroanatomy) insula (structure of the human brain)
Related terms
Further reading
- “ínsula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnsula. Doublet of isla, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈinsula/ [ˈĩn.su.la]
- Rhymes: -insula
- Syllabification: ín‧su‧la
Noun
ínsula f (plural ínsulas)
- (poetic, obsolete) alternative form of isla (“island”)
Further reading
- “ínsula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025