peixe espada

See also: peixe-espada

Galician

Etymology

From peixe (“fish”) and espada (“sword”): "sword-fish".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pejʃesˈpaðɐ]

Noun

peixe espada m (plural peixes espada)

1. swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

   Synonym: espadarte

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “peixe espada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peixe espada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Noun

peixe espada m (plural peixes espada)

1. (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of peixe-espada; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling.