espada
English
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.
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin spatha (“a type of sword”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “broad blade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈpada/, [esˈpa.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da
Derived terms
Related terms
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔesˈpada/, [ʔɪs̪ˈpa.d̪ʌ]
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da
Etymology 2
After the appearance of its leaves.
Etymology 3
Compare sili espada.
French
Galician
Etymology
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/ [es̺ˈpa.ð̞ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da
Derived terms
Ilocano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔesˈpada/, [ʔesˈpa.da]
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da
Kinaray-a
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔesˈpada/, [ʔesˈpa.da]
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin spatham, accusative of spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “blade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈpada/
Noun
espada f (plural espadas)
- sword
- 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)
- Myo çid Ruy diaz el que en buẽ ora çinxo eſpada
- 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
- De natura es fria & humida / Et fazen della mangos pora cuchiello & pora eſpadas
- 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
- la uertud dela figura de om̃e cauallero ſobre un leon, & que tenga en la mano dieſtra eſpada deſnuda, & en la ſinieſtra cabeça de om̃e
Related terms
Descendants
- Spanish: espada
Portuguese
Etymology
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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈpa.dɐ/, /esˈpa.dɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈpa.dɐ/, /eʃˈpa.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈpa.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈpa.dɐ/ [(i)ʃˈpa.ðɐ]
- Rhymes: -adɐ
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da
Noun
espada f (plural espadas)
Derived terms
Related terms
- espadachim
- espadada
- espadarte
- espadas
- espadeirada
- espadeirão
- espadeirar
- espadeiro
- espadilha
- espadim
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈpada/ [esˈpa.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: es‧pa‧da
Noun
espada f (plural espadas)
Noun
espada m or f by sense (plural espadas)
- (bullfighting) matador (person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)
Derived terms
- a capa y espada
- comedia de capa y espada
- con la espada desnuda
- danza de espadas
- desceñirse la espada
- desnudar la espada
- entrar espada en mano
- entre la espada y la pared
- espada de Damocles
- espada de dos filos
- espada de marca
- espada en cinta
- espada larga
- espadaña
- espadero
- la pluma es más poderosa que la espada
- librar la espada
- mozo de espadas
- pez espada
- planta espada
- presentar la espada
- primero espada
Related terms
Suits in Spanish · palos (layout · text) | |||
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corazones | diamantes | picas | tréboles |
Spanish suits in Spanish · palos (layout · text) | |||
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espadas | copas | oros | bastos |
Further reading
- “espada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔesˈpada/, [ʔɛsˈpa.dɐ]
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da
Noun
espada (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜇ)
Derived terms
- espadahan
- espadahin
- isdang-espada
Related terms
Further reading
- “espada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018