arcada

See also: arcadă

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ərˈka.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈka.ða]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [arˈka.ða]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

arcada f (plural arcades)

1. (architecture) arcade (row of arches)
2. retching (an unsuccessful effort to vomit)

Further reading

• “arcada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “arcada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “arcada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “arcada”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈka.dɐ/ [ahˈka.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈka.dɐ/ [ahˈka.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈka.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈka.dɐ/ [aχˈka.dɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻˈka.dɐ/

 

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

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

• Hyphenation: ar‧ca‧da

Adjective

arcada

1. feminine singular of arcado

Noun

arcada f (plural arcadas)

1. (architecture) arcade (row of arches)

Derived terms

• arcada dentária

Participle

arcada f sg

1. feminine singular of arcado

Further reading

• “arcada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “arcada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈkada/ [aɾˈka.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ar‧ca‧da

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Spanish arcar

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish arcada

From arcar + -ada.

Noun

arcada f (plural arcadas)

1. retching, gagging (an unsuccessful effort to vomit)

Derived terms

• arcada seca
• sin arcada no hay mamada

See also

• náusea
• vómito

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos

Proto-Italic *arkuos

Latin arcus

Spanish arco

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish arcada

From arco + -ada.

Noun

arcada f (plural arcadas)

1. (architecture) arcade (row of arches)

Further reading

• “arcada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025