espaldar
Portuguese, noun/is.pawˈda(ʁ)/
espaldar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “back of a chair or another seat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o encosto de uma cadeira”.
What does espaldar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineback of a chair or another seat
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o encosto de uma cadeira 2. a parte superior do dossel
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 espaldar
- espaldares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espaldar?
- Brazil /is.pawˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.paʊ̯ˈda(h)]
- Brazil /es.pawˈda(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espaldar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espaldar in Portuguese?
espaldar appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).