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espada.

sword (a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/isˈpa.dɐ/Brazil/esˈpa.dɐ/Brazil/iʃˈpa.dɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/eʃˈpa.dɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. sword (a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack)

    countable · feminine
  2. épée

    feminine
  3. singular of espadas (“spades”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)

    feminine · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited 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-.

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