espadas
Portuguese, noun/isˈpa.dɐs/
espadas is spelled E-S-P-A-D-A-S (7 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espadas is a Portuguese noun meaning “spades (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of espada. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “naipe de cartas de baralho em que cada ponto é representado por uma ponta de lança negra (preta) (♠)”.
What does espadas mean in English?
noun
- 1
plural of espada
- 2
spades (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. naipe de cartas de baralho em que cada ponto é representado por uma ponta de lança negra (preta) (♠) 2. certo jogo de cartas
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.
How do you pronounce espadas?
- Brazil /isˈpa.dɐs/
- Brazil /esˈpa.dɐs/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espadas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espadas in Portuguese?
espadas appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).