Spanish Conversation · Level 8
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Spanish word
esquina
Pronunciation
IPA/esˈkina/
Meaning
- feminine nouncorner
Example
La casa blanca está en la esquina.
The white house is at the corner.
More examples
Gira en la esquina y sigue recto.
Turn at the corner and go straight.
Core concept
Point at the junction of two streets or the external angle of a façade.
Common phrases
en la esquina
at the corner
girar en la esquina
turn at the corner
ir hacia la esquina
go toward the corner
Similar words
cruce: Place where two or more roads meet.
intersección: Point where two or more roads intersect.
Definition in Spanish
Lugar donde dos calles se cruzan o donde dos superficies se encuentran formando un ángulo, palabra usada tanto para describir fachadas como intersecciones.
Word origin
Originating in Late Latin Romance and stabilized in medieval Spanish, the term denotes an angle where surfaces or streets meet and has close forms across Iberian languages.
Usage tips
- In addresses or directions la esquina can stand alone to indicate a corner location, so context or the named cross street shows which corner is meant.
Opposites
- centrocenternoun