espádoa

Galician

Alternative forms

• espadoa, pádoa

Etymology

13th century. Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”), diminutive of spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Cognate with Portuguese espádua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpado̯a/

Noun

espádoa f (plural espádoas)

1. (anatomy) scapula; shoulder blade

   Synonym: omoplata

   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 262:

     Et assi acaeçeu que hũu dia, andando desarmado pela grã caentura que fazia, catando o muro do castelo per hu era mays fraco et per u se perderia mays agiña [...] que llj tirarõ hũa seeta, de que foy mal ferido ontre as espadoas.

     And so it happened that one day, as he walked unarmored because of the heat, watching the walls of the castle for finding where it were weaker and could be defeated sooner [...] they shot an arrow that mortally wounded him in between the scapules

2. (anatomy, archaic) shoulder
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 275:

     Et auj́a o nariz alto por mesura et a boca ben feyta et dentes ben postos et brãcos et o queixo quadrado et o colo longo et as espádoas anchas et os peytos moyto enformados.

     He had a high and measured nose and his mouth was well formed; the teeth, well disposed, were white; and the chin was square and the neck long, his shoulders were broad, and his breast well developed

3. (archaic) a type of tax or imposition

Derived terms

• espadoar

Related terms

• espada
• espátula

References

• “espadoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “espadoa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “espadoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pádoa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.