# esquina
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esquina (attested in the Galician Cantigas de Santa Maria c. 1264) perhaps from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina), from Proto-Germanic *skinō (“rim, plate”). Cognate with French échine (“spine of an animal”) and English shin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈkina̝/

### Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)
* corner
** 1432, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 89:estando y Martín Peres de Trella fasendo hua parede á esquina da parede de hua sua casaBeing there Martin Perez de Trella, who was building a wall next to the corner of the wall of a house that belongs to him
* edge

#### Synonyms

* canto

#### Derived terms

* esquinado
* esquinal
* esquinar

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esquina”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esquina”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esquina”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esquina”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “esquina”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈkĩ.nɐ/, /esˈkĩ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈkĩ.nɐ/, /esˈkĩ.nɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃˈkĩ.nɐ/, /eʃˈkĩ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /esˈki.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃˈki.nɐ/
* Hyphenation: es‧qui‧na

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esquina, from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina); see also Old High German scina.

#### Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)
* angle (corner where two walls intersect)
    Synonyms: ângulo, canto
* corner (of a street)
    A casa faz esquina com a rua República ― The house is on the corner of rua República.
    Natal está ao virar da esquina. ― Christmas is around the corner.

##### Derived terms

* vai ver se eu estou na esquina

##### Related terms

* esquinado
* esquinar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

esquina
* inflection of esquinar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈkina/ [esˈki.na]
* Audio (Argentina):(file)
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: es‧qui‧na

### Etymology 1

From Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina), from Proto-Germanic *skinō (“rim, plate”), cognate with French échine (“spine of an animal”) and English shin. Possibly of IE origin.

#### Noun

esquina f (plural esquinas)
* (exterior) corner
* (sports) corner

##### Derived terms

* a la vuelta de la esquina
* doblar la esquina
* esquinal
* esquinar
* esquinazo
* esquinero
* las cuatro esquinas
* saque de esquina
* tiro de esquina

##### Descendants

* → Basque: izkina

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

esquina
* inflection of esquinar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### See also

* rincón m

### Further reading

* “esquina”, 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