espadada
Portuguese, noun/is.paˈda.dɐ/
espadada is spelled E-S-P-A-D-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese, the 187,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espadada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a strike with a sword” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “golpe de espada”.
What does espadada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea strike with a sword
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. golpe de espada
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of espadada
- espadadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espadada?
- Brazil /is.paˈda.dɐ/
- Brazil /es.paˈda.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is espadada in Portuguese?
espadada appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).