brújula
See also: Brújula
Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]From Italian bùssola (compare French boussole), from Vulgar Latin *buxula, a diminutive form of Late Latin buxis (“box”), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “boxwood box, box”), from πύξος (púxos, “boxwood”). Apparently influenced by Spanish bruja (“witch”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]brújula f (plural brújulas)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “brújula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Spanish terms derived from Italian
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/uxula
- Rhymes:Spanish/uxula/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
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