espátula

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin spatula, from Latin spatha. Compare the semi-learned doublet espádua and inherited doublet espalda. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -atulɐ Hyphenation: es‧pá‧tu‧la === Noun === espátula f (plural espátulas) spatula (kitchen utensil for turning and lifting) ==== Related terms ==== espádua === Further reading === “espátula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “espátula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin spatula, from Latin spatha. Compare the inherited doublet espalda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈpatula/ [esˈpa.t̪u.la] Rhymes: -atula Syllabification: es‧pá‧tu‧la === Noun === espátula f (plural espátulas) spatula, (UK) fish slice, turner, pancake turner, kitchen turner, cooking turner, (US) flipper (kitchen utensil) scraper, wall scraper, wallpaper scraper, putty knife (a hand tool to scrape or a hand tool with a flexible blade to apply putty) squeegee (a short-handled tool, especially as used on car windshields and home windows) Synonym: espátula limpiacristales (birds) spoonbill ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “espátula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025