noun🔗SharePalaA garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials."My grandfather used his spades to dig a new flower bed for his prize-winning roses. "Mi abuelo usó sus palas para cavar un nuevo parterre para sus rosas premiadas.agricultureutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePicaA playing card marked with the symbol ♠."He held three spades in his hand, hoping to win the trick. "Tenía tres picas en la mano, esperando ganar la baza.gameitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCuchillo para desollar ballenasA cutting instrument used in flensing a whale."The whaling crew used the spades to carefully cut open the whale's skin. "La tripulación ballenera usó los cuchillos para desollar ballenas para cortar cuidadosamente la piel de la ballena.utensilnauticalanimaljobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCavar con una pala, palearTo turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting."The farmer spaded the soil to prepare the garden bed for the new vegetables. "El granjero paleó la tierra para preparar el bancal para las nuevas verduras.agricultureutensilplantworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn ciervo o venado de tres añosA hart or stag three years old."The hunter pointed out a spades grazing in the meadow, noting its distinctive three-year-old antlers. "El cazador señaló un ciervo pastando en la pradera, observando sus distintivas astas de tres años.animalageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareHombre o animal castradoA castrated man or animal."The farmer sold the young spades at the market. "El granjero vendió los animales castrados jóvenes en el mercado.animalmedicinesexbodyphysiologybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEspadasOne of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠."My favorite card in the deck is the ace of spades. "Mi carta favorita de la baraja es el as de espadas.gamesignitementertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn juego de cartas en el que las cartas de espadas son triunfosA card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps."We played spades last night, and I kept getting dealt all the high cards. "Jugamos a las espadas anoche, y me repartieron todas las cartas altas.gameentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
