espádua

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”), diminutive of spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Compare the inherited doublet espalda, and later borrowing espátula.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈpa.du.ɐ/ [isˈpa.dʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /isˈpa.dwɐ/, /esˈpa.du.ɐ/ [esˈpa.dʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /esˈpa.dwɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈpa.du.ɐ/ [iʃˈpa.dʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /iʃˈpa.dwɐ/, /eʃˈpa.du.ɐ/ [eʃˈpa.dʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /eʃˈpa.dwɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈpa.du.a/ [esˈpa.dʊ.a], (faster pronunciation) /esˈpa.dwa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈpa.dwɐ/ [(i)ʃˈpa.ðwɐ]

  • Hyphenation: es‧pá‧du‧a

Noun

espádua f (plural espáduas)

  1. (anatomy) scapula; shoulder blade
    Synonyms: escápula, omoplata (dated)
  2. shoulder
    Synonym: ombro

Hypernyms
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