cambada

Galician

Cambadas de roscas (doughnuts)

Etymology

Attested since 1390. From camba (“bend”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑmˈbaðɐ]

Noun

cambada f (plural cambadas)

1. (collective) bunch of fishes, doughnuts, grapes, held in a bent twig
   • 1390, Mª Luz Méndez Fernández (ed.), Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago. Edición crítica e estudio dos folios 1 a 27. Santiago: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 15:

     Jtem ha en rriba de mar, açerqua d‘Entĩjns, ẽna flijglesía de Ssam Giaao de Casas, á tanta herdade de que dam onze quarteyrós ontre pam et froyta; conuẽ a ssaber: dous de nozes et de castañas et os outros de ceueyra et de millo et dúas canbadas de pescado et dous cabritos et quatro capões.

     Item, in the seashore, near Entíns, in the parish of Saint Julian of Casas, there is a property that gives eleven quarters, counting corn and other products; that is: two of walnuts and chestnuts and another two of rye and millet, and two bunches of fish, and two kids and four capons

Related terms

• camba

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cambada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canbada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “cambada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cambada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cambada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈba.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈba.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈba.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈba.dɐ/ [kɐ̃ˈba.ðɐ]

Noun

cambada f (plural cambadas)

1. (collective) bunch
2. (collective) gang, pack, herd