espada
noun
espadas
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pluralof espada.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Both the Government and private individuals offer large prizes for skilful archers, who command almost as much admiration as do the famous espadas in the bull-fights of Spain.
From Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
Sandoval notices the short sword, "cortas espadas," as the peculiar weapon of the Spanish soldier in the twelfth century.
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 by William Hickling Prescott
These refuges were little used, however, except by the underlings, the capadores, or by capsized picadores; espadas and banderilleros disdained them.
From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson
The most famous espadas are all Spaniards, and they all wear the traditional dress of their calling.
From Spanish Life in Town and Country by William Harbutt Dawson
The processional entry, too, of the whole of the performers—picadors, capeodors, espadas, &c. &c.—is very picturesque and stately.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Mrs. Russell Barrington
