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Portuguese
Etymology
Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”), diminutive of spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Compare the inherited doublet espalda, and later borrowing espátula.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈpa.du.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /isˈpa.dwɐ/, /esˈpa.du.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /esˈpa.dwɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈpa.du.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /isˈpa.dwɐ/, /esˈpa.du.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /esˈpa.dwɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈpa.du.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /iʃˈpa.dwɐ/, /eʃˈpa.du.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /eʃˈpa.dwɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈpa.du.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /esˈpa.dwa/
Noun
espádua f (plural espáduas)
- (anatomy) scapula; shoulder blade
- Synonyms: escápula, omoplata (dated)
- shoulder
- Synonym: ombro
Hypernyms