spalla

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) shoulder
2. (feminine) chuck meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal
3. (feminine, in-plural) back
4. (feminine) back, rear
5. (feminine) sidekick, second fiddle
6. (feminine) straight man, second banana, sidekick, foil

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of spallare:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of spallare:

Concepts

shoulder

back

🔙

loin

sidekick

axilla

bank

🏦

batter

bit player

dorsum

embankment

escarpment

foil

arm

muzzle

oxter

scapular

second fiddle

abutment

most muscular

slope

snout

wing

🪽

straight man

armpit

Synonyms

schiena

🔙

assistente

braccio

dorso

🔙

figurante

groppa

groppone

omero

pendio

aiutante

scarpata

ala

🪽

Translations

épaule

Schulter

hombro

ombro

espatlla

schouder

Achsel

espatla

ώμος

umerus

muscle

espalda

🔙

Hyphenated as

spàl‧la

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspal.la/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula, from classical Latin spatha. Compare spatola, a borrowed doublet.