espelho
Portuguese
/ɨʃˈpɐ(j)ʎu/, /isˈpeʎu/, /esˈpeʎo/, /isˈpɛʎu/, /ɨʃˈpɛʎu/, /esˈpɛʎo/
noun
Definitions
- mirror smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside
- (by extension) any reflective surface
- (figurative) role model person who serves as an example
- riser vertical part of a step on a staircase
- a protective plate around something, such as an escutcheon around a keyhole or a cover around an electric outlet
- (geology) a surface of a tectonic plate which has been polished by friction
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese espello inherited from Latin *speclum, speculum (mirror) derived from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (look, see).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*speḱ-
Gloss
look, see
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
見
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- auspice English
- conspectus English
- conspicuous English
- despicable English
- especially English
- inspect English
- perspicacious English
- perspicuous English
- respite English
- species English
- specimen English
- speculum English
- suspicious English
- *speclum Latin
- aspectus Latin
- auspex Latin
- auspicium Latin
- circumspecto Latin
- circumspectō Latin
- conspectus Latin
- conspicuus Latin
- cōnspicuus Latin
- dēspicere Latin
- expectāre Latin
- perspicax Latin
- perspicio Latin
- perspicācitās Latin
- prospectus Latin
- respectus Latin
- retrōspectum Latin
- specialis Latin
- species Latin
- specillum Latin
- speciēs Latin
- speciō Latin
- speciōsus Latin
- speclum Latin
- spectaculum Latin
- spectator Latin
- spectrum Latin
- spectāculum Latin
- specularis Latin
- speculifer Latin
- speculiger Latin
- speculum Latin
- speculātus Latin
- specus Latin
- speglum Latin
- spēglum Latin
- suspectus Latin
- suspiciō, suspicio, suspiciōnem Latin
- Spiegel German
- specchio Italian
- speciale Italian
- specialmente Italian
- specolo Italian
- spione Italian
- espejo Spanish, Castilian
- espéculo Spanish, Castilian
- σκεπτικός Ancient Greek
- σκοπέω Ancient Greek
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- *skep-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *spéḱyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *spₔḱ-tós Proto-Indo-European
- *sḱop Proto-Indo-European
- speil Norwegian Bokmål
- espelhar Portuguese
- *spahō Proto-Germanic
- *spahōną Proto-Germanic
- *spehōną Proto-Germanic
- ærcebiscop Old English
- पश्यति Sanskrit
- biskupligr Old Norse
- biskupsdóttir Old Norse
- biskupskosning Old Norse
- biskupskør Old Norse
- erkibiskupligr Old Norse
- spegill Old Norse
- espill Catalan, Valencian
- espècul Catalan, Valencian
- espello Galician
- bespien Middle Dutch
- spiegal Old High German
- սպաս Old Armenian
- spécla Old Irish
- espello Old Portuguese
- daler Middle Low German
- spegel Middle Low German
- spēgel Middle Low German
- *spáćati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- spēgal Old Saxon
- espeyu Asturian
- spieli Friulian
- espelh Old Occitan
- spillu Old Spanish
- specchiu Sicilian
- specio Venetian
- spegel Low German
- spêgio Ligurian