espalda
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From metathesis of Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”), from classical Latin spatha.
Noun[edit]
espalda f (plural espaldes)
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Ladino[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish espalda, from metathesis of Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”), from classical Latin spatha.
Noun[edit]
espalda f (Latin spelling, plural espaldas)
Old Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From metathesis of Vulgar Latin *spatla(m), from Late Latin spatulam, accusative of spatula (“broad, flat piece”), from classical Latin spatha.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
espalda f (plural espaldas)
- (anatomy) back
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 106r:
- […] la uertud de figura de mugier con alas que eſte leuantada en pie. ⁊ con los cabellos luengos echados atras. ⁊ eſparzidos ſobre las eſpaldas.
- […] the virtue of the figure of the winged woman who is standing on one foot, her hair long and drawn back, and spread over her back.
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Descendants[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish espalda, from metathesis of Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”) (compare Catalan espatlla (“shoulder”), French épaule (“shoulder”), Portuguese espádua (“scapula, shoulder”)), diminutive of Latin spatha (“straight sword”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
espalda f (plural espaldas)
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Further reading[edit]
- “espalda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- ast:Anatomy
- Ladino terms inherited from Old Spanish
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- lad:Anatomy
- Old Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- osp:Anatomy
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- Rhymes:Spanish/alda
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- es:Anatomy
- es:Swimming