Also means
blade
Usage Note
Pala covers several blade-shaped objects: a garden or snow shovel, an oar blade, the blade of a propeller or wind turbine (pala eolica), and an altarpiece painting (pala d'altare). Context disambiguates. The plural is regular: le pale.
Examples
"Ha usato la pala per spalare la neve."
Natural Translation
He used the shovel to shovel the snow.
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