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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish espada ( “ sword ” ) . Doublet of epee , spade , spatha , and spathe .
Noun
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
Asturian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin spatha ( “ a type of sword ” ) , from Ancient Greek σπάθη ( spáthē , “ broad blade ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /esˈpada/
Rhymes: -ada
Syllabification: es‧pa‧da
Noun
espada f (plural espades )
( countable ) sword ( a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt ), which is designed to cut , stab , slash and/or hack )
Derived terms
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 )
a sword
( euphemistic ) the penis
Etymology 2
After the appearance of its leaves.
Noun
espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ )
the African spear (Sansevieria cylindrica )
Etymology 3
Compare sili espada .
Noun
espada (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ )
a long , thin , bright green chili closely resembling the cayenne and Basque Fryer peppers
French
Noun
espada m or f by sense (plural espadas )
bullfighter
Galician
Etymology
Inherited 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 )
( countable ) sword ( a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt ), which is designed to cut , stab , slash and/or hack )
Derived terms
Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish espada .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ʔesˈpada/
Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da
Noun
espada (Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ )
sword
Synonym: kampilan
Kinaray-a
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish espada .
Pronunciation
Noun
espada
sword
Ladino
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish espada , from Latin spatha , from Ancient Greek σπάθη ( spáthē ) .
Noun
espada f (Hebrew spelling איספאדה )
( countable ) sword ( a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt ), which is designed to cut , stab , slash and/or hack )
Todos los ke toman espada , kon espada se deperderan. All who take up the sword shall perish by the sword .
Derived terms
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
espada f (plural espadas )
( countable ) sword ( a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt ), which is designed to cut , stab , slash and/or hack )
Synonym: espasa
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin spatham , accusative of spatha , from Ancient Greek σπάθη ( spáthē , “ blade ” ) .
Noun
espada f (plural espadas )
( countable ) sword ( a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt ), which is designed to cut , stab , slash and/or hack )
Descendants
Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin spatham , accusative of spatha , from Ancient Greek σπάθη ( spáthē , “ blade ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
espada f (plural espadas )
( countable ) sword ( a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt ), which is designed to cut , stab , slash and/or hack )
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
Descendants
Portuguese
espada
Etymology
Inherited 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 )
( countable ) sword ( a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt ), which is designed to cut , stab , slash and/or hack )
( fencing ) épée
singular of espadas ( “ spades ” ) ( one of the four suits of playing cards )
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Bengali: ইস্পাত ( iśpat ) (see there for further descendants )
→ Gujarati: ઇસપાત ( isapāt )
→ Hindustani: (see there for further descendants )
Hindi: इस्पात ( ispāt )
Urdu: اسپات ( ispāt )
→ Japanese: スベタ
→ Maithili:
Devanagari script: इसपात ( isᵊpāt )
Tirhuta script: 𑒃𑒮𑒣𑒰𑒞 ( isapāta )
Spanish
Una espada ― A sword
Una espada ― An epee
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish espada , from Latin spatha , from Ancient Greek σπάθη ( spáthē ) . Doublet of espata .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /esˈpada/
Rhymes: -ada
Syllabification: es‧pa‧da
Noun
espada f (plural espadas )
( countable ) sword ( a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt ), which is designed to cut , stab , slash and/or hack )
( 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
espada m or f by sense (plural espadas )
( bullfighting ) matador ( person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight )
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish espada , from Latin spatha , from Ancient Greek σπάθη ( spáthē ) . Compare Tausug ispara .
Pronunciation
Noun
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
( LGBTQ slang ) penis
Synonyms: uten , titi
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
“espada ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018