espada
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- sword long-bladed weapon with a hilt
- (usually) spade playing card marked with the symbol ♠
- (fencing) épée fencing sword of a certain modern type
- (heraldry) sword the weapon used as a heraldic charge
- (bullfighting) matador person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish espada inherited from Latin spatham derived from Ancient Greek σπάθη (broad blade, blade, of wood metal, any broad blade, a broad wood metal blade, any broad blade of metal wood).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σπάθη
Gloss
broad blade, blade, of wood metal, any broad blade, a broad wood metal blade, any broad blade of metal wood
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- spathe English
- spatha Latin
- spathaceus Latin
- spathae Latin
- spatham Latin
- spatharius Latin
- spathifer Latin
- spathula Latin
- spathula, spatula Latin
- spatula Latin
- spatulam Latin
- spada Italian
- spata Italian
- spathe French
- espadazo Spanish, Castilian
- espadín Spanish, Castilian
- espadón Spanish, Castilian
- espata Spanish, Castilian
- σπάθη Ancient Greek
- σπαθίς Ancient Greek
- σπαθηφόρος Ancient Greek
- *sph₂-dʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- espada Portuguese
- espádua Portuguese
- spatach Irish
- spar Danish
- espee Old French
- espasa Catalan, Valencian
- espasada Catalan, Valencian
- espadana Galician
- espata Galician
- spată Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- espada Cebuano
- espadahay Cebuano
- sili espada Cebuano
- espada Tagalog
- espadahan Tagalog
- mag-espadahan Tagalog
- shpatë Albanian
- espada Old Portuguese
- spatã Aromanian
- espada Asturian
- spade Friulian
- espaza Old Occitan
- espada Old Spanish
- spatu Sicilian
- ezpata Basque
- spâ Ligurian
- sputa Dalmatian
- ispada Sardinian
- spada Istriot
- *spatʰā Proto-Hellenic
- spada Corsican
- spada Mirandese
- ispada Karao
- haspaaya Seri