espada

Etymology

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

Noun

espada f (plural espades)

1. sword

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada

1. a sword

Etymology

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

Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

1. sword

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈpa.ða]

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.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.ˈpa.da/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /eʃ.ˈpa.dɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨʃ.ˈpa.dɐ/, [ɨʃ.ˈpa.ðɐ]
• Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

1. sword
2. (fencing) épée

Etymology

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

Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

1. sword
2. spade (playing card)
3. (fencing) épée
4. (heraldry) sword

espada m, f (plural espadas)

1. (bullfighting) matador

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish espada (“sword”).

Noun

espada

1. sword