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): /es.ˈpa.du.a/

Noun

espádua f (plural espáduas)

  1. (anatomy) scapula; shoulder blade
  2. shoulder

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