Meaning of "spade"

spade •

n.
• • 1. a tool for digging, a kind of shovel: pala
  • 2. a kind of playing card with a figure resembling a heart: ispada

v.
• • to dig with a spade: maghukay (hukayin) ng pala, magpala, palahin

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Sp n.
• • sword, spade in playing cards

n.
• • 1. pala, shovel, spade
  • 2. pala part. so, as in Ikaw pala, meaning, it is you; an exclamation of surprise
  • 3. pala part. when used after hindi, expresses contrast with one's expectation, a reversal. Ang isip ko'y balat lamang ng itlog ito, hindi pala, kundi itlog na buo. I thought this was only an eggshell, but no, it was a whole egg.