aspar

Literally to reel yarn or thread onto an aspa (a cross-shaped reel), a textile-work sense most learners will never need. Far more useful is the colloquial sense: aspar a alguien means to torment or thoroughly exasperate someone (me aspan estas interrupciones). Historically the word also referred to a form of execution by binding someone to an X-shaped cross, which is part of why aspar carries such a strong connotation even in its milder colloquial use today.

• Devanaba la lana aspándola con cuidado. — She wound the wool, carefully reeling it onto the spool.
• Me aspan estos trámites interminables. — These endless bits of paperwork drive me up the wall.
• Sus quejas constantes lo tenían aspado. — Her constant complaining had him at the end of his rope.

Missing the gap between aspar's literal textile meaning and its much more common colloquial use — a learner who only knows "to reel thread" will be confused by me aspa, which has nothing to do with yarn.