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Asturian
Etymology
From metathesis of Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”), from classical Latin spatha.
Noun
espalda f (plural espaldes)
- back
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish espalda, from metathesis of Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”), from classical Latin spatha.
Noun
espalda f (Latin spelling, plural espaldas)
- (anatomy) back
Old Spanish
Etymology
From metathesis of Vulgar Latin *spatla(m), from Late Latin spatulam, accusative of spatula (“broad, flat piece”), from classical Latin spatha.
Pronunciation
Noun
espalda f (plural espaldas)
- (anatomy) back
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 106r:[…] la uertud de figura de mugier con alas que eſte leuantada en pie. ⁊ con los cabellos luengos echados atras. ⁊ eſparzidos ſobre las eſpaldas.- the virtue of the figure of the winged woman who is standing on one foot, her hair long and drawn back, and spread over her back.
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish espalda, from metathesis of Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”) (compare Catalan espatlla (“shoulder”), French épaule (“shoulder”), Portuguese espádua (“scapula, shoulder”)), diminutive of Latin spatha (“straight sword”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈpalda/
- Rhymes: -alda
- Syllabification: es‧pal‧da
Noun
espalda f (plural espaldas)
- (anatomy) back
- Synonym: espaldar
- (swimming) backstroke
- Synonym: dorso
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