Polyglot Dictionary

espinilla

/espiˈniʝa/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
espinillas

Meaning

  1. shin, blackhead

    • Me golpeé la espinilla.

      I hit my shin.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

tibia

Worth distinguishing: tibia is the shin bone itself; espinilla is the shin area generally, colloquial.

Similar in other languages

English

shin bone

Close — the shin relates to the shinbone.

Practice

1 What does espinilla mean?

2 Fill the gap: Me golpeé la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches espinilla?

noun

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