espadachim
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian spadaccino.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pa.daˈʃĩ/, /es.pa.daˈʃĩ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pa.daˈʃĩ/, /eʃ.pa.daˈʃĩ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pa.daˈʃĩ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐ.dɐˈʃĩ/ [(i)ʃ.pɐ.ðɐˈʃĩ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐ.dɐˈt͡ʃĩ/ [(i)ʃ.pɐ.ðɐˈt͡ʃĩ]
- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧da‧chim
Noun
espadachim m or f by sense (plural espadachins)
- swordsman (a person who fights with a sword)
Related terms
Further reading
- “espadachim”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “espadachim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026