ínsula

See also: insula, Insula, and insulă

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsula. Doublet of ilha and ínsua.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.su.lɐ/

Rhymes: -ĩsulɐ
Hyphenation: ín‧su‧la

Noun

ínsula f (plural ínsulas)

(poetic) island
(historical) insula (type of Roman building)
(historical) insula (block of Roman buildings)
(neuroanatomy) insula (structure of the human brain)

Related terms

insular

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsula. Doublet of isla, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈinsula/ [ˈĩn.su.la]
Rhymes: -insula
Syllabification: ín‧su‧la

Noun

ínsula f (plural ínsulas)

(poetic, obsolete) Alternative form of isla (“island”)

Further reading

“ínsula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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