espaldeira

Portuguese, noun/is.pawˈde(j).ɾɐ/

espaldeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “part of the armor that covers shoulders” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does espaldeira mean in English?

noun

1
femininepart of the armor that covers shoulders
2
femininecloth used to cover the back of a seat
3
femininea series of trees or shrubs adjacent to a wall

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of espaldeira

espaldeiras plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce espaldeira?

Brazil /is.pawˈde(j).ɾɐ/
Brazil [is.paʊ̯ˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
Brazil /es.pawˈde(j).ɾɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is espaldeira in Portuguese?

espaldeira appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese.

espaldeira0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).