espalda
/esˈpalda/ · A2 · noun · f
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🔙 espalda ~ spatula: both from Latin spatula, a flat blade, like the shoulder blade
From Late Latin spatula, a flat blade, which came to name the shoulder blade and then the whole back. English spatula is the same word. De espaldas means with your back turned, and nadar de espalda is to swim backstroke.