-ada
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ada f (plural -ades)
- Forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs ending in -ar.
- Forms nouns signifying a collective or large quantity.
- Forms nouns signifying a hit or strike.
- Forms nouns signifying an action characteristic of someone or something.
- català (“Catalan”) + -ada → catalanada (“Catalanism”)
- Forms nouns signifying the effect of a verb.
- Forms nouns signifying a time period, especially in relation to another.
Derived terms
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
See kadà (“when”). The -da is reminiscent of the Proto-Slavic particle *-de, as seen in *kъde.
Suffix
-adà
- Produces adverbs of time
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -ada, from Latin -ātam, accusative feminine of -ātus.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ada f (plural -adas)
- forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitive ends in -ar
- forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”
- forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection or excessive amount of the suffixed noun
- dinheiro (“money”) + -ada → dinheirada (“a vast sum of money”)
- bezerro (“calf”) + -ada → bezerrada (“herd of calves”)
- forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful
- forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”
- forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”
- feminine singular of -ado
Usage notes
Most words suffixed with -ada that indicate the action of a verb are always, or almost always, used in the form dar uma ___ada.
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin -āta(m), feminine of -ātus.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ada
- Used with a stem to form the feminine singular past participle of regular -ar verbs; feminine form of -ado.
- Used to form words, derived from nouns, signifying a whole.
- Used to form words, derived from nouns, corresponding to -ful (as much as something will hold)
- Used to form words indicating a period of time.
- Used to form words, derived from nouns, indicating a blow with the named object
- Used to form words indicating action.
- Used to form words indicating abundance or excess.
Derived terms
Categories:
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan suffixes
- Catalan feminine suffixes
- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian suffixes
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese suffixes
- Portuguese feminine suffixes
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish suffixes