espada

See also: Espada

English

Etymology

Spanish espada

Noun

espada (plural espadas)

1. (bullfighting) A matador.
   • 1891, The Living Age, volume 190, page 653:

     That first day taught me I could be an espada. The only doubt in my mind was in regard to the nature of the bulls.

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin spatha (“a type of sword”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “broad blade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpada/, [esˈpa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada f (plural espades)

1. sword

Derived terms

• pexe espada

Related terms

• espalda

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔesˈpada/, [ʔɪs̪ˈpa.d̪ʌ]
• Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

Noun

espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

1. a sword
2. (euphemistic) the penis

Etymology 2

After the appearance of its leaves.

Noun

espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

1. the African spear (Sansevieria cylindrica)

Etymology 3

Compare sili espada.

Noun

espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

1. a long, thin, bright green chili closely resembling the cayenne and Basque Fryer peppers

French

Noun

espada m or f by sense (plural espadas)

1. bullfighter

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese espada, from Latin spatha (“a type of sword”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “broad blade”). Doublet of espata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpada/ [es̺ˈpa.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

1. sword

Derived terms

• peixe espada

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish espada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔesˈpada/, [ʔesˈpa.da]
• Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada (Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

1. sword

   Synonym: kampilan

Kinaray-a

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish espada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔesˈpada/, [ʔesˈpa.da]

Noun

espada

1. sword

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

1. sword

   Synonym: espasa

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin spatham, accusative of spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “blade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpada/

Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

1. sword
   • between 1140 and 1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 58:

     Myo çid Ruy diaz el que en buẽ ora çinxo eſpada

     My Cid, Ruy Díaz, who at a good time he girded himself with a sword (common epithet of the Cid)

   • ca. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario f. 64r.:

     De natura es fria & humida / Et fazen della mangos pora cuchiello & pora eſpadas

     It is cold and damp in nature, and they make handles for knives and swords out of it

   • ca. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario f. 103v.:

     la uertud dela figura de om̃e cauallero ſobre un leon, & que tenga en la mano dieſtra eſpada deſnuda, & en la ſinieſtra cabeça de om̃e

     the virtue of the figure of a knightly man riding a lion, with an unsheathed sword at his right hand and the head of a man at his left hand

Related terms

• espalda

Descendants

• Spanish: espada

Portuguese

espada

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese espada, through prothesis from Latin spatha (“a type of sword”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “broad blade”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpa.dɐ/, /esˈpa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpa.dɐ/, /esˈpa.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpa.dɐ/, /eʃˈpa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpa.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpa.dɐ/ [(i)ʃˈpa.ðɐ]

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

1. sword
2. (fencing) épée
3. singular of espadas (“spades”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)

Derived terms

• entre a cruz e a espada
• peixe-espada

Related terms

• espadachim
• espadada
• espadarte
• espadas
• espadeirada
• espadeirão
• espadeirar
• espadeiro
• espadilha
• espadim

 

Descendants

• → Assamese: ইস্পাত (ispat)
• → Bengali: ইস্পাত (iśpat)
• → Gujarati: ઇસપાત (isapāt, “steel”)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इस्पात (ispāt)

  Urdu: اسپات (ispāt)

• → Maithili: 𑒃𑒮𑒣𑒰𑒞 / इसपात (𑒃𑒮𑒣𑒰𑒞 / isᵊpāt)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਇਸਪਾਤ (isapāt)

  Shahmukhi script: اسپات (ispāt)

Spanish

Una espada ― A sword

Una espada ― An epee

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpada/ [esˈpa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

1. sword (long-bladed weapon with a hilt)
2. (usually in the plural) spade (playing card marked with the symbol ♠)
3. (fencing) épée (fencing sword of a certain modern type)
4. (heraldry) sword (the weapon used as a heraldic charge)

Noun

espada m or f by sense (plural espadas)

1. (bullfighting) matador (person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)

Derived terms

• a capa y espada
• comedia de capa y espada
• con la espada desnuda
• danza de espadas
• desceñirse la espada
• desnudar la espada
• entrar espada en mano
• entre la espada y la pared
• espada de Damocles
• espada de dos filos
• espada de marca
• espada en cinta
• espada larga
• espadaña
• espadero
• la pluma es más poderosa que la espada
• librar la espada
• mozo de espadas
• pez espada
• planta espada
• presentar la espada
• primero espada

 

Related terms

• espalda

Descendants

• → Cebuano: espada
• → Tagalog: espada

Further reading

• “espada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔesˈpada/, [ʔɛsˈpa.dɐ]
• Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

1. sword
2. (colloquial) swordplay

   Synonym: espadahan

3. (card games) spade
4. swordfish

   Synonyms: dugso, isdang-espada

5. sword plant
6. a kind of aquatic plant with fibrous roots

   Synonym: lanting

Derived terms

• espadahan
• espadahin
• isdang-espada

 

Related terms

• sable

Further reading

• “espada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018