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Corsican
Etymology
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Cognates include Italian spada and Spanish espada.
Noun
spada f (plural spade)
- sword
References
- “spada” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Indonesian
Etymology
Blend of siapa + ada, literally “who's here”.
Pronunciation
Interjection
spada
- (slang, dialectal) an interjection to call out someone when coming or visiting someone's house; "is anybody home?"
Further reading
Interlingua
Noun
spada (plural spadas)
- sword
Synonyms
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).
Noun
spada
- sword
1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:Nu’ iè truvato spada, che me talgia,- I have not found a sword that would cut me,
Italian
Etymology
From earlier spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē), from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂dʰh₁éh₂, derived from *(s)peh₂- (“to draw”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to put”) + *-eh₂ (feminine noun ending). Doublet of spata.
Pronunciation
Noun
spada f (plural spade)
- sword
- (fencing) épée
- (heraldry) sword
- (in the plural) spades
Synonyms
Descendants
Further reading
- spada in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).
Noun
spada f (plural spadas)
- sword
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
spada (present tense spader, past tense spadde, past participle spadd or spadt, present participle spadande, imperative spad)
- Alternative form of spa
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspa.da/
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: spa‧da
Verb
spada
- third-person singular present of spadać
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spâːda/
- Hyphenation: spȃ‧da
Noun
spȃda f (Cyrillic spelling спа̑да)
- Alternative form of špȃda
Declension