spada

See also: Spada, spadă, späda, спада, and špada

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Cognates include Italian spada and Spanish espada.

Noun

spada f (plural spade)

1. sword

References

• “spada” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

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Interlingua

Noun

spada (plural spadas)

1. sword

Synonyms

• gladio

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

Noun

spada

1. sword
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:

     Nu’ iè truvato spada, che me talgia,

     I have not found a sword that would cut me,

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē), from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂dʰh₁éh₂, derived from *(s)peh₂- (“to draw”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to put”) + *-eh₂ (feminine noun ending). Doublet of spata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspa.da/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: spà‧da

Noun

spada f (plural spade)

1. sword
2. (fencing) épée
3. (heraldry) sword
4. (in the plural) spades

Synonyms

• brando m
• daga f
• sciabola f
• spadino m
• fioretto m

Related terms

• pesce spada
• spadaccino
• spadaio
• spadiforme
• spadista
• spadone

Descendants

• → Polish: szpada
  • → Russian: шпага (špaga)
    • → Romanian: șpagă

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

Noun

spada f (plural spadas)

1. sword

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

spada (present tense spader, past tense spadde, past participle spadd or spadt, present participle spadande, imperative spad)

1. Alternative form of spa

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspa.da/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: spa‧da

Verb

spada

1. third-person singular present of spadać

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spâːda/
• Hyphenation: spȃ‧da

Noun

spȃda f (Cyrillic spelling спа̑да)

1. Alternative form of špȃda

Declension

Declension of spada

	singular	plural
nominative	spada	spade
genitive	spade	spada
dative	spadi	spadama
accusative	spadu	spade
vocative	spado	spade
locative	spadi	spadama
instrumental	spadom	spadama