espinela
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.piˈnɛ.lɐ/, /es.piˈnɛ.lɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.piˈnɛ.lɐ/, /eʃ.piˈnɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.piˈnɛ.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.piˈnɛ.lɐ/
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ne‧la
Noun
espinela f (plural espinelas)
- (mineralogy) spinel (any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium)
Further reading
- “espinela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “espinela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espiˈnela/ [es.piˈne.la]
- Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: es‧pi‧ne‧la
Noun
espinela f (plural espinelas)
Further reading
- “espinela”, 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