espada

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish espada (sword). Doublet of epee, spade, spatha, and spathe.

Noun

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espada (plural espadas)

  1. (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.

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Asturian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈpada/, [esˈpa.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

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espada f (plural espades)

  1. sword

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔesˈpada/ [ʔes̪ˈpa.d̪ɐ]
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

  1. a sword
  2. (euphemistic) the penis

Etymology 2

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After the appearance of its leaves.

Noun

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espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

  1. the African spear (Sansevieria cylindrica)

Etymology 3

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Compare sili espada.

Noun

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espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

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

French

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Noun

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espada m or f by sense (plural espadas)

  1. bullfighter

Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈpada/ [es̺ˈpa.ð̞ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

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espada f (plural espadas)

  1. sword

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Ilocano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish espada.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔesˈpada/ [ʔesˈpa.da]
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

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espada (Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

  1. sword
    Synonym: kampilan

Kinaray-a

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish espada.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔesˈpada/, [ʔesˈpa.da]

Noun

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espada

  1. sword

Occitan

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

Noun

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espada f (plural espadas)

  1. sword
    Synonym: espasa

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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espada f (plural espadas)

  1. 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)
    • 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
    • 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
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Descendants

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  • Spanish: espada

Portuguese

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espada

Etymology

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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

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espada f (plural espadas)

  1. sword
  2. (fencing) épée
  3. singular of espadas (spades) (one of the four suits of playing cards)

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Descendants

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Spanish

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Una espada ― A sword
Una espada ― An epee

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of espata.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈpada/ [esˈpa.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: es‧pa‧da

Noun

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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)

Noun

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espada m or f by sense (plural espadas)

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

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Further reading

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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espada (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

  1. sword
    Synonym: (archaic) kalis
  2. (colloquial) swordplay
    Synonym: espadahan
  3. (card games) spade
  4. swordfish
    Synonyms: dugso, isdang-espada
  5. sword plant
  6. a kind of aquatic plant with fibrous roots
    Synonym: lanting

Derived terms

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See also

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Spanish suits in Tagalog · barahang-kastila (layout · text)
espada kopas oros bastos

Further reading

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  • espada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018