espada

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English

Etymology

Spanish espada

Noun

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.

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈpada/,
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada f (plural espades)

  1. sword

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔesˈpada/,
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Etymology 1

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

Noun

espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

  1. a sword
  2. (euphemistic) the penis

Etymology 2

After the appearance of its leaves.

Noun

espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

  1. the African spear (Sansevieria cylindrica)

Etymology 3

Compare sili espada.

Noun

espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

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

French

Noun

espada m or f by sense (plural espadas)

  1. bullfighter

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈpada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

  1. sword

Derived terms

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish espada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔesˈpada/,
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada (Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

  1. sword
    Synonym: kampilan

Kinaray-a

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish espada.

Pronunciation

Noun

espada

  1. sword

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

espada f (plural espadas)

  1. sword
    Synonym: espasa

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  • Spanish: espada

Portuguese

espada

Etymology

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

 

  • Rhymes: -adɐ
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

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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Spanish

Una espada ― A sword
Una espada ― An epee

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈpada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: es‧pa‧da

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)

Noun

espada m or f by sense (plural espadas)

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

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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

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔesˈpada/,
  • Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da

Noun

espada (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)

  1. sword
  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

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See also

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

Further reading

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