# esposa
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin spōnsa.

### Noun

esposa f (plural esposes)
* wife (married woman)
* handcuff

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin spōnsa. Compare Occitan esposa, French épouse, Spanish esposa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpɔ.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [esˈpɔ.za]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oza

### Noun

esposa f (plural esposes)
* wife; female equivalent of espòs

#### Synonyms

* costella (figurative)
* dona
* la cònjuge
* muller

#### Antonyms

* el cònjuge
* espòs
* home
* marit

#### Hypernyms

* el cònjuge

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esposa, from Latin spōnsa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈposa/ [es̺ˈpo.s̺ɐ]
* Rhymes: -osa
* Hyphenation: es‧po‧sa

### Noun

esposa f (plural esposas, masculine esposo, masculine plural esposos)
* (dated) bride
    Synonym: noiva
* wife
    Synonym: muller
* (in the plural) handcuffs
** 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 171:Torre de Rriãjo. O que rreçebeu Gonçaluo Mariño de Fernando de Catoyra cõ a casa e fortalesa de Rriãjo. Primeyramẽte: Húa cadea de ferro cõ seu cãdado e çinco farroupeas e dúas esposas. Hũas coyraças. Tres huchas. Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao. Quatro baçinetes. Hũu trono cõ seu serujdor e hũu fole de póluora. Dos carcaixes de biratõos. Hũu torno de armar ballesta.Tower of Rianxo. What Gonçalvo Mariño received from Fernando of Catoira, together with the tower-house and fortress at Rianxo. First: an iron chain with its padlock and five fetters and two handcuffs. Some cuirasses. Three chests. Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood. Four bascinets. A bombard with its server and a skin of powder. Two quivers of bolts. A winch for charging crossbows.

#### Related terms

* esponsais
* esposar
* esposas
* esposo
* esposorio

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esposa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esposa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esposa”, 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), “esposa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esposa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “esposa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “esposa” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese esposa and Spanish esposa.

### Noun

esposa
* wife

#### Related terms

* esposo

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esposa, from Latin spōnsa.

#### Alternative forms

* espôsa (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈpo.zɐ/, /esˈpo.zɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈpo.zɐ/, /esˈpo.zɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃˈpo.zɐ/, /eʃˈpo.zɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /esˈpo.za/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃˈpo.zɐ/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /isˈpozɐ/
* Hyphenation: es‧po‧sa

#### Noun

esposa f (plural esposas)
* female equivalent of esposo: wife
* (obsolete) bride

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esposa.

##### Derived terms

* (diminutive) esposinha

##### Related terms

* esposar
* esposo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈpɔ.zɐ/, /esˈpɔ.zɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈpɔ.zɐ/, /esˈpɔ.zɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃˈpɔ.zɐ/, /eʃˈpɔ.zɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /esˈpɔ.za/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃˈpɔ.zɐ/
* Hyphenation: es‧po‧sa

#### Verb

esposa
* inflection of esposar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈposa/ [esˈpo.sa]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -osa
* Syllabification: es‧po‧sa

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin spōnsa.

#### Noun

esposa f (plural esposas, masculine esposo, masculine plural esposos)
* wife
    Synonyms: mujer, señora
    Coordinate terms: novia, pareja
* (usually in the plural) handcuff
    Synonym: (Peru) marrocas

##### Related terms

* esposar
* esposas
* esposo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

esposa
* inflection of esposar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “esposo”, 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

### Anagrams

* paseos
* posase
* poseas
* posesa
* sopesa

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esposa. Doublet of posas.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔesˈposa/ [ʔɛsˈpoː.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -osa
* Syllabification: es‧po‧sa

### Noun

esposa (masculine esposo, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜐ)
* (literary) wife
    Synonyms: maybahay, (colloquial) misis
    Hypernyms: asawa, kabiyak, kabiyak ng dibdib

#### Related terms

* isponsor

### References

* “esposa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024