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Meaning of esposa | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
esˈposa

Definitions

  1. bride
    dated, feminine
  2. wife
    feminine
  3. handcuffs
    feminine, in-plural
  4. Equivalent to 'wife': A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.

Equivalents

English wife

Examples

“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.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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