spades


From the verb spade: (⇒ conjugate)
spades is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
v 3rd person singular
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'spades' tiene referencia cruzada con 'spade'. Se encuentra en una o más de las líneas abajo.'spades' is cross-referenced with 'spade'. It is in one or more of the lines below.

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
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
InglésEspañol
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:
InglésEspañol
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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