What does pala in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word pala in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use pala in Spanish.

The word pala in Spanish means shovel, spatula, shovelful, racket, blade, upper incisor, by the load, lots of, prickly-pear fruit, prickly pear, school desk, chair desk. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word pala

shovel

nombre femenino (utensilio para cavar) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Juan cavó un hoyo con la pala para plantar un abeto.
Juan dug a hole with the shovel to plant a fir tree.

spatula

nombre femenino (utensilio para cocinar) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cortó la tarta en raciones y las sirvió con la pala.
She cut the cake in servings and served them with the spatula.

shovelful

nombre femenino (cantidad recogida por la pala)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El sepulturero cavaba y echaba las palas de tierra a un lado del hoyo.
The gravedigger was digging and tossed shovelfuls of dirt to the side of the hole.

racket

nombre femenino (raqueta para juego) (tennis)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Coge las palas y jugamos una partida de «ping-pong».
Get the paddles and we'll play a match of ping pong.

blade

nombre femenino (aspa) (fan)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Las palas del ventilador se movían y reducían la sensación de calor al mover el aire.
The fan blades moved and lowered the sensation of heat by moving the air.

upper incisor

nombre femenino (diente: incisivo superior)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El joven tiene las palas muy grandes en proporción al resto de la dentadura.
The young boy has very big upper incisors in proportion to the rest of his teeth.

by the load

locución adverbial (ES, coloquial (en gran cantidad)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
Los mosquitos entran a punta pala cuando abres la ventana.

lots of

locución adjetiva (ES, coloquial (muchos)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Hay mosquitos a punta pala en la habitación.

prickly-pear fruit

(fruto: higo chumbo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

prickly pear

nombre femenino (nopal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El parque tiene una higuera de pala.

school desk, chair desk

(silla con brazo para escribir)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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