squadra

Borrowed from Italian squadra. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Doublet of squad and square.

squadra (plural squadras)

1. (in Italy) A Fascist military cadre

• IPA^(key): /ˈskwa.dra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -adra
• Hyphenation: squà‧dra

Deverbal from squadrare +‎ -a. May correspond to a Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from *exquadro, exquadrāre, from Latin ex- + quadrō, from quadrus. Compare French équerre.

• scuadra (misspelling)

squadra f (plural squadre)

1. set square, triangle (tool)
2. (sports) team, squad, group, side
3. team, set, crew, bunch, gang, shift
4. (military, law enforcement) squad, cadre

• (sport team): formazione, compagine
• (group of people): gruppo, compagnia

• → French: escadre
  • → Russian: эскадра (eskadra)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

squadra

1. inflection of squadrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative