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Portuguese
Etymology
From Italian spingarda, from French espringale (“springald”), from Frankish *springan (“spring, jump”), from Proto-Germanic *springaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spr̥ǵʰ.
Pronunciation
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /s.pĩˈɡaɹ.də/
- Hyphenation: es‧pin‧gar‧da
Noun
espingarda f (plural espingardas)
- rifle (firearm with long barrel)
- Synonyms: fuzil, rifle, refle, escopeta
2011 January 12, Alexandra Prado Coelho, “Um filósofo no meio dos peluches”, in Público:O filósofo francês está sentado dentro de um carro criado pela artista plástica portuguesa - um velho Morris Oxford preto, todo coberto por espingardas de plástico a apontar para trás, e, no interior, uma confusão de bonecos de peluche de todas as formas e cores.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Brazil) shotgun
- Synonyms: shotgun, caçadeira, doze
Further reading
- “espingarda” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espinˈɡaɾda/
- Rhymes: -aɾda
- Syllabification: es‧pin‧gar‧da
Noun
espingarda f (plural espingardas)
- a kind of rifle
Further reading