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spade

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈspeɪd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/speɪd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(spād)

Inflections of 'spade' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

spades: v 3rd person singular

spading: v pres p

spaded: v past

spaded: v past p

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Principal Translations
Inglés	Español
spade n	(digging tool)	pala nf
The gardener thrust the spade into the soil.
El jardinero clavó la pala en la tierra.
spade n	(cards: suit) (naipes)	pica nf
(baraja española)	espada nf
Simon played the queen of spades.
Simon usó la reina de picas.

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Additional Translations
Inglés	Español
spade n	dated, pejorative, offensive!!, informal (black person) (ofensivo)	negrata nm
The bigot was fired for referring to his black coworkers as spades.
Despidieron al radical por llamar "negrata" a sus compañeros.
spades n	(card game) (voz inglesa)	spades nmpl
In the game of spades, aces are high.
En spades, los ases son altos.
spade [sth]⇒ vtr	(dig)	cavar⇒ vtr
escarbar⇒ vtr
Through the window, Ursula could see the gardener spading the vegetable patch.
A través de la ventana, Ursula podía ver al jardinero cavando en el arriate.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés	Español
call a spade a spade v expr	figurative (speak frankly, plainly) (figurado)	llamar a las cosas por su nombre loc verb
llamar al pan, pan y al vino, vino expr
decir sin rodeos expr
no tener pelos en la lengua expr
Louise has never been afraid of calling a spade a spade.
Luis nunca tuvo problemas llamando a las cosas por su nombre.
in spades expr	informal (in copious amounts) (informal)	a montones loc adv
en abundancia loc adv
(AR, UY: coloquial)	a rolete loc adv
This role called for talent and luckily the actor had talent in spades.
Este papel necesitaba talento, y por suerte el actor lo tenía a montones.

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'spade' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

dig - entrenching tool - snow shovel - spadeful - spud - trowel

Spanish:

laya - pica - pala - picas - zapa - al pan, pan y al vino, vino - llamar a las cosas por su nombre - todo hay que decirlo - paleta

In Lists: Cards in a deck, Garden objects, False friends EN-IT - Falsi amici EN-IT, more...

Synonyms: trowel, shovel, implement, garden tool, digging tool, more...

Collocations: spade [earth, soil, sand], spade [earth] into the [grave, pit, bucket], cards: the [six] of spades, more...

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