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/esˈpalda/
Translation
back (body part)
Word origin
From Late Latin spatula ('shoulder blade'), a diminutive of spatha ('broad blade'). The same root gives English spatula.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- spatula
- English cognates
- spatula
Grammar
Examples
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My back hurts a lot.
tumbó .
She lay down on her back on the sand.
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He said it behind her back.
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She carries a heavy bag on her back every day.
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He turned his back on me and left without saying a word.
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