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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish espada (“sword”). Doublet of epee, spade, spatha, and spathe.
Noun
[edit]espada (plural espadas)
- (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.
Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin spatha (“a type of sword”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “broad blade”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]espada f (plural espades)
Derived terms
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[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).
Noun
[edit]espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)
- a sword
- (euphemistic) the penis
Etymology 2
[edit]After the appearance of its leaves.
Noun
[edit]espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)
Etymology 3
[edit]Compare sili espada.
Noun
[edit]espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)
French
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[edit]espada m or f by sense (plural espadas)
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese espada, from Latin spatha (“a type of sword”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “broad blade”). Doublet of espata.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]espada f (plural espadas)
Derived terms
[edit]Ilocano
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[edit]Noun
[edit]espada (Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)
Kinaray-a
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[edit]espada
Occitan
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[edit]Noun
[edit]espada f (plural espadas)
Old Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin spatham, accusative of spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “blade”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]espada f (plural espadas)
- 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)
- Myo çid Ruy diaz el que en buẽ ora çinxo eſpada
- 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
- De natura es fria & humida / Et fazen della mangos pora cuchiello & pora eſpadas
- 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
- la uertud dela figura de om̃e cauallero ſobre un leon, & que tenga en la mano dieſtra eſpada deſnuda, & en la ſinieſtra cabeça de om̃e
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Spanish: espada
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]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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- Rhymes: -adɐ
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da
Noun
[edit]espada f (plural espadas)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Assamese: ইস্পাত (ispat)
- → Bengali: ইস্পাত (iśpat)
- → Gujarati: ઇસપાત (isapāt, “steel”)
- → Hindustani:
- → Maithili: 𑒃𑒮𑒣𑒰𑒞 / इसपात (𑒃𑒮𑒣𑒰𑒞 / isᵊpāt)
- → Punjabi:
Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of espata.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]espada f (plural espadas)
- sword (long-bladed weapon with a hilt)
- (usually in the plural) spade (playing card marked with the symbol ♠)
- (fencing) épée (fencing sword of a certain modern type)
- (heraldry) sword (the weapon used as a heraldic charge)
Noun
[edit]espada m or f by sense (plural espadas)
- (bullfighting) matador (person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)
Derived terms
[edit]- 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
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Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “espada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Compare Tausug ispara.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔesˈpada/ [ʔɛsˈpaː.d̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: es‧pa‧da
Noun
[edit]espada (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)
- sword
- Synonym: (archaic) kalis
- (colloquial) swordplay
- Synonym: espadahan
- (card games) spade
- swordfish
- Synonyms: dugso, isdang-espada
- sword plant
- a kind of aquatic plant with fibrous roots
- Synonym: lanting
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]| Spanish suits in Tagalog · barahang-kastila (layout · text) | |||
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Further reading
[edit]- “espada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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