espada

f.

1 sword (weapon).

estar entre la espada y la pared to be between the devil and the deep blue sea

ser una espada de dos filos o de doble filo to be a double-edged o two-edged sword

la espada de Damocles the sword of Damocles

el pago de la hipoteca era una espada de Damocles para la familia the family always had the mortgage payments hanging over them

2 swordsman.

3 spade, spade playing card.

m.

matador (bullfighting).

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: espadar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: espadar.

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espada

► nombre femenino

1 (arma) sword

2 (naipe) spade

► nombre masculino

1 (torero) matador

► nombre femenino plural espadas

1 (palo de baraja) spades

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FRASEOLOGÍA

desnudar la espada to draw one's sword

entrar con espada en mano figurado to come in looking for trouble

estar entre la espada y la pared figurado to be between the devil and the deep blue sea

espada de dos filos figurado double-edged sword

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noun f.

sword

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1. SF

1) (=arma) sword

poner a algn a espada — to put sb to the sword

- estar hecho una espada

- estar entre la espada y la pared

- la espada de Damocles

2) pl espadas (Naipes) one of the suits in the Spanish card deck, represented by a sword

See:

ver nota culturelle BARAJA ESPAÑOLA in baraja

2.

SMF (Taur) matador, bullfighter

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I

femenino

1) (arma) sword

espada de esgrima — épée

estar entre la espada y la pared — to be (caught) between the devil and the deep blue sea

2)

a) (carta) any card of the espadas suit

b) espadas femenino plural (palo) one of the suits in a Spanish pack of cards

II

masculino matador

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= sword.

Ex. The author uses the example of a public library to show that private funding is a two-edged sword'.

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* cambiar las espadas por arados = turn + swords into ploughshares.

* cogido entre la espada y la pared = caught between two stools.

* de capa y espada = cloak-and-dagger.

* entre la espada y la pared = between the rock and the hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place.

* Espada de Damocles, la = Sword of Damocles, the.

* espada de dos filos = sword with two edges, two-edged sword.

* estar entre la espada y la pared = be on the horns of a dilemma.

* pez espada = swordfish.

* poner entre la espada y la pared = press to + the point.

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I

femenino

1) (arma) sword

espada de esgrima — épée

estar entre la espada y la pared — to be (caught) between the devil and the deep blue sea

2)

a) (carta) any card of the espadas suit

b) espadas femenino plural (palo) one of the suits in a Spanish pack of cards

II

masculino matador

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= sword.

Ex: The author uses the example of a public library to show that private funding is a two-edged sword'.

* cambiar las espadas por arados = turn + swords into ploughshares.

* cogido entre la espada y la pared = caught between two stools.

* de capa y espada = cloak-and-dagger.

* entre la espada y la pared = between the rock and the hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place.

* Espada de Damocles, la = Sword of Damocles, the.

* espada de dos filos = sword with two edges, two-edged sword.

* estar entre la espada y la pared = be on the horns of a dilemma.

* pez espada = swordfish.

* poner entre la espada y la pared = press to + the point.

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espada¹

feminine

A (arma) sword

espada de esgrima épée

blandir la espada to brandish one's sword

desenvainar la espada to draw one's sword

estar entre la espada y la pared to be caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, be between a rock and a hard place (colloq)

la espada de Damocles the Sword of Damocles

B

1 (carta) any card of the espadas suit

2 espadas fpl (palo) one of the suits in a Spanish pack of cards

espada²

masculine

matador

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espada sustantivo femenino
1 (arma) sword
2

a) (carta) any card of the

◊ espadas suit

b)

◊ espadas sustantivo femenino plural (palo) one of the suits in a Spanish pack of cards

espada sustantivo femenino
1 sword
2 Naipes spade
♦ Locuciones: estar entre la espada y la pared, to be between the devil and the deep blue sea
'espada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acero
- blandir
- ceñirse
- pez
- puño
- vaina
- albacora
- atravesar
- empuñadura
- empuñar
- envainar
- filo
- pomo
- sacar
- traspasar
English:
barrel
- blade
- cloak and dagger
- devil
- flourish
- handle
- sheath
- spade
- swashbuckling
- sword
- swordfish

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espada

♦ nf

1. [arma] sword;

ceñirse la espada to put o Literario gird on one's sword;

desenvainar la espada to unsheathe one's sword;

Comp

estar entre la espada y la pared to be between the devil and the deep blue sea, to be caught between a rock and a hard place;

Comp

ser un espada de dos filos o [m5]de doble filo to be a double-edged o two-edged sword

Comp

la espada de Damocles the sword of Damocles;

el pago de la hipoteca era una espada de Damocles para la familia the family always had the mortgage payments hanging over them

2. [naipe] = any card in the “espadas” suit

3.

espadas [palo] = suit in Spanish deck of cards, with the symbol of a sword

♦ nm

Taurom matador

♦ nm o nf

[espadachín] swordsman

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espada

I f

1 sword;

estar entre la espada y la pared be between a rock and a hard place

2

:

espadas pl (en naipes) suit in Spanish deck of cards

II m TAUR matador

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espada nf

1) : sword

2) espadas nfpl

: spades (in playing cards)

espada nm

matador, torero: bullfighter, matador

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espada n sword