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spalla

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspal.la/
  • Rhymes: -alla
  • Hyphenation: spàl‧la

Etymology 1

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From Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula, from classical Latin spatha. Compare spatola, a borrowed doublet.

Noun

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spalla f (plural spalle, diminutive spallétta)

  1. (anatomy, cut of meat, portion of a garment) shoulder
  2. (cooking) chuck meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal
  3. (in the plural) back
  4. back, rear
  5. sidekick, second fiddle
  6. (theater, comedy) straight man, second banana, sidekick, foil
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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spalla

  1. inflection of spallare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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  • spalla in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • spalla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Lombard

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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spalla f

  1. shoulder

Maltese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian spalla or an older variant of Sicilian spadda, both from Latin spatula.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spalla f (dual spallejn, plural spalel)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder
    Synonym: (now less common) kitf

Inflection

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Inflection of spalla
singular plural
m f
singular 1st person spallti spallitna
2nd person spalltek spallitkom
3rd person spalltu spallitha spallithom
plural 1st person spallejja spallejna
2nd person spallejk spallejkom
3rd person spallejh spallejha spallejhom