Spanska | Engelska |
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espada noun {f} | blade [blades](a weapon such as a dagger) epee(A fencing sword) sword [swords](weapon) |
espada de Damocles noun {f} | sword of Damocles(thing or situation which causes a prolonged state of impending doom or misfortune) |
espada de luz noun {f} | lightsaber(a fictional type of sword) |
espada larga noun {f} | longsword(a kind of sword) |
espada láser noun {f} | lightsaber(a fictional type of sword) |
espada ropera noun {f} | rapier [rapiers](slender straight sharply pointed sword) |
espadachín noun {m} | swordsman [swordsmen](a person skilled at using swords) |
espadaña noun {f} | bell-gable(an architectural element) bulrush [bulrushes](Any of several wetland plants) cattail [cattails](any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha) |
a capa y espada adverb | tooth and nail(viciously) |
de capa y espada adjective | cloak-and-dagger(marked by menacing furtive secrecy) |
echar su cuarto a espadas verb | stick one's nose into(to interfere) |
entre la espada y la pared preposition | between a rock and a hard place(in a difficult and inescapable position) between Scylla and Charybdis(idiomatic) |
la pluma es más poderosa que la espada phrase | the pen is mightier than the sword(more power can achieved writing than fighting) |
pez espada noun {m} | swordfish(Xiphias gladius) |