espada — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
espada is used for these senses in English:
- epee (fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- largehead hairtail A cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus.
- spade (obsolete)
- sword (countable) 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.
- sword (weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
spade — full definition
- noun A hand tool with a flat blade and a handle, used for digging.
- noun A playing card marked with the black symbol shaped like a stylized leaf (♠).
- verb To dig or turn over ground using a spade.
sword — full definition
- noun A long-bladed weapon with a hilt, used for cutting or stabbing.
- noun A suit in Spanish and Italian playing cards, used especially in tarot and fortune-telling.