espada

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Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

espada f (plural espades)

  1. sword

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Etymology 1

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

Noun

espada

  1. a sword

Etymology 2

After the appearance of its leaves.

Noun

espada

  1. the African spear (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)

Etymology 3

Compare sili espada.

Noun

espada

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

Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

  1. sword

Derived terms

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

  1. sword
    • c. 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 […]
    • Idem, f. 103v.
      […] la uertud dela figura de oḿe cauallero ſobre un leon. ¬ que tenga en la mano dieſtra eſpada deſnuda, ¬ en la ſinieſtra cabeça de oḿe.
      […] the virtue of the figure of a knightly man riding a lion, with an unsheathed sword in his right hand and the head of a man in his left.

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

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  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada f (plural s)

  1. sword
  2. (fencing) épée

Derived terms

Descendants

Spanish

Una espada ― A sword
Una espada ― An epee

Etymology

From Old Spanish espada, from Latin spatham, accusative of spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈpada/ [esˈpa.ð̞a]

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)

espada m or f (plural espadas)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Suits in Spanish · palos (layout · text)
corazones diamantes picas tréboles
Spanish suits in Spanish · palos (layout · text)
espadas copas oros bastos

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Noun

espada

  1. sword

Derived terms

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