espádua
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈpa.du.ɐ/ [isˈpa.dʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /isˈpa.dwɐ/, /esˈpa.du.ɐ/ [esˈpa.dʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /esˈpa.dwɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈpa.du.ɐ/ [iʃˈpa.dʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /iʃˈpa.dwɐ/, /eʃˈpa.du.ɐ/ [eʃˈpa.dʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /eʃˈpa.dwɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈpa.du.a/ [esˈpa.dʊ.a], (faster pronunciation) /esˈpa.dwa/
- Hyphenation: es‧pá‧du‧a
Noun edit
espádua f (plural espáduas)
Hypernyms edit
- (scapula): osso