pestaña

See also: pestana

Asturian

Noun

pestaña f (plural pestañes)

1. eyelash

Synonyms

• pistaña

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish pestaña (“eyelash and eyebrow area; eyelash”), cognate with Portuguese pestana (“eyelash”), Catalan pestanya (“eyelash”) and Gascon Occitan pestana, from Vulgar Latin *pistanna, and related to Basque pizta (“rheum, eye sleep”) and piztule (“pestaña”).

Coromines and Pascual conjecture that the Vulgar Latin term is perhaps from an uncertain Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“teat, nipple”), as an extension in the sense of something that hangs from the body.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pesˈtaɲa/ [pesˈt̪a.ɲa]

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• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Syllabification: pes‧ta‧ña

Noun

pestaña f (plural pestañas)

1. (anatomy) eyelash
2. (graphical user interface) tab (navigational widget)
3. flange

Derived terms

• máscara de pestañas
• pestaña de mula
• pestañear
• pestañeo
• quemarse las pestañas

 

See also

• patín
• reborde

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

• “pestaña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28