Meaning of espádoa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. shoulder (top of the torso, away from the neck)
   feminine
2. scapula; shoulder blade
   feminine
3. shoulder
   archaic, feminine
4. a type of tax or imposition
   archaic, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“Et assi acaeçeu que hũu dia, andando desarmado pela grã caentura que fazia, catando o muro do castelo per hu era mays fraco et per u se perderia mays agiña [...] que llj tirarõ hũa seeta, de que foy mal ferido ontre as espadoas.”

And so it happened that one day, as he walked unarmored because of the heat, watching the walls of the castle for finding where it were weaker and could be defeated sooner … they shot an arrow that mortally wounded him in between the scapules

“Et auj́a o nariz alto por mesura et a boca ben feyta et dentes ben postos et brãcos et o queixo quadrado et o colo longo et as espádoas anchas et os peytos moyto enformados.”

He had a high and measured nose and his mouth was well formed; the teeth, well disposed, were white; and the chin was square and the neck long, his shoulders were broad, and his breast well developed

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