espada

See also: Espada

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 (Sansevieria cylindrica)

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 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

  • 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.

Descendants


Portuguese

espada

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

Derived terms

Descendants


Spanish

Una espada ― A sword
Una espada ― An epee

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈpada/, [esˈpaða]

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

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 (sword).

Noun

espada

  1. sword
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