thorn

espina

Punta pequeña, dura y afilada que crece en una planta.

En inglés sencillo: A small, hard, sharp point that grows on a plant.

• A thorn scratched my hand.
• The roses have sharp thorns.
• Can you remove this thorn from my finger?

Sinónimos: spine, prickle

Expresiones frecuentes: rose thorn, sharp thorn, thorn in something

thorn

Letra Þ o þ, que representa sonidos como los iniciales de «thin» y «this».

En inglés sencillo: The letter Þ or þ, used for sounds like those at the start of thin and this.

• Thorn appears in this old manuscript.
• Icelandic still uses thorn in its alphabet.
• The printer replaced thorn with two other letters.

Expresiones frecuentes: letter thorn, use thorn

espino

Arbusto o árbol pequeño con espinas en las ramas, especialmente el espino albar.

En inglés sencillo: A bush or small tree with sharp points on its branches, especially a hawthorn.

• A thorn grew beside the gate.
• The old thorn was covered in white flowers.
• Birds nested in the thorn hedge.

Sinónimos: thorn tree

Expresiones frecuentes: flowering thorn, white thorn, thorn hedge