espádua

Meaning

1. (feminine) scapula; shoulder blade
2. (feminine) shoulder

Hyphenated as

es‧pá‧du‧a

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/isˈpa.du.ɐ/

Etymology

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.