espadachim

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian spadaccino.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pa.daˈʃĩ/, /es.pa.daˈʃĩ/

• (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]

• (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)

1. swordsman (a person who fights with a sword)

Related terms

• espada
• espadeiro

Further reading

• “espadachim”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “espadachim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025