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spalla.

shoulder

6 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈspal.la/
  1. shoulder

    feminine
  2. chuck meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal

    feminine
  3. back

    feminine · in-plural
  4. back, rear

    feminine
  5. sidekick, second fiddle

    feminine
  6. straight man, second banana, sidekick, foil

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula, from Classical Latin spatha (“straight sword”). Compare spatola, a borrowed doublet.

verb/ˈspal.la/
  1. inflection of spallare: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of spallare: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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