spade

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
2. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

Verb

To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.

Conceptos

pala

azada

laya

pica

espada

espada spada

pico

cavar

spada

espátula

zapa

arado de pie

pala incaico

tirapié

flecha

lanza

lampa

mulato

negro

pique

espadas

picas

arado de cureña

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/speɪd/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English spade, from Old English spada, spade, spadu (“spade”), from Proto-Germanic *spadǭ, *spadô, *spadō (“spade”). Cognate with Dutch spade, Old Frisian spada, Old Saxon spado, German Spaten, Hunsrik Spaad. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-, whence also Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “blade”), Hittite 𒅖𒉺𒀀𒋻 (išpatar, “spear”), Persian سپار (sopâr, “plow”), Northern Luri ئەسپار (aspār, “digging”) and Central Kurdish ئەسپەر (esper), ئەسپەرە (espere, “cross-piece on shaft of spade to take pressure of foot”). Distant doublet of spatha, spathe, and épée.