espalda

Meaning

1. (feminine) back
2. (feminine) backstroke

Concepts

back

🔙

shoulders

backside

spine

backbone

dorsum

shoulder

upper back

back

🔙

behind

vertebral column

see a espaldas

see de espaldas a

hehind

backstroke

chuck

crest

rachis

rear

reverse

ridge

skin

spinal column

Synonyms

dorso

🔙

lomo

🔙

trasero

🔙

reverso

🔙

envés

🔙

cresta

columna vertebral

hombro

la parte de atrás

parte superior

parte trasera

revés

🔙

estilo espalda

homo

lomo

🔙

maleta

rabadilla

atrás

lomo

🔙

columna

paletilla

piel

rosario

vuelta

aldaba

chepa

espaldas

Translations

dos

🔙

Rücken

🔙

schiena

🔙

costas

🔙

esquena

🔙

dorso

🔙

rug

🔙

πλάτη

dorsum

tergum

🔙

spalla

ظهر

lombo

🔙

Hyphenated as

es‧pal‧da

Pronounced as (IPA)

/esˈpalda/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: espalda

Inherited from Latin: spatula

Cognate with Catalan: espatlla

Cognate with French: épaule

Cognate with Portuguese: espádua

Inherited from Latin: spatha

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish espalda, from metathesis of Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”) (compare Catalan espatlla (“shoulder”), French épaule (“shoulder”), Portuguese espádua (“scapula, shoulder”)), diminutive of Latin spatha (“straight sword”).

Sentences

El nuevo avión tenía la intención de romper la espalda de la Luftwaffe alemana .

The new plane was intended to break the back of the German Luftwaffe.

En Durango se usa contra el dolor de espalda .

In Durango it is used against back pain.