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Learn Spanish with don Quijote: Palabra del Dia

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Word: Pala
(PA-la) Sustantivo femenino
English: shovel
Etymology: Del latín pala
Meaning: Instrumento compuesto de una tabla de madera o una plancha de hierro, comúnmente de forma rectangular o redondeada, y un mango grueso, cilíndrico y más o menos largo, según los usos a que se destina.
Topic:Léxico relacionado con las herramientas II
Example:

"En tanto el camarada puesto a oficio es carpintero, viñador, mozo de pala"

Manuel Azaña, El jardín de los frailes p.125 Ed. El País

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