cada

See also: cáda, cadă, and Čada

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cata (“by, for each”), from Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

Adjective

cada

1. each, every

Derived terms

• cada cuando
• cada muncho
• cada poco

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin cata (“by, for each”), from Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈka.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈka.ða]

Adjective

cada

1. each
2. every

Related terms

• cadascú, cadascun

Further reading

• “cada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cada, from Latin cata (“by, for each”), from Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

Noun

cada

1. each

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Italian

Verb

cada

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of cadere
2. third-person singular imperative of cadere

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• chasca (Auvergne, Limousin, Provençal, Vivaro-Alpine)

Adjective

cada m or f (feminine singular cada, masculine plural cadas, feminine plural cadas) (Languedoc, Gascony)

1. each
2. every

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cada, from Latin cata (“by”), from Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.ðɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈka.da/, /ˈka.dɐ/
• Rhymes: -ada

Pronoun

cada

1. each (qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items)

   Lava cada prato.

   Wash each dish.

2. used as an intensifier

   Fazes cada loucura!

   You commit all sorts of crazy acts.

   Minha mãe faz cada bolo que nem o espero esfriar.

   My mother makes such a cake that I don’t even wait for it to cool down.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cada.

Derived terms

• cada qual
• cada um
• cada uma

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish cada, from Latin cata, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkada/ [ˈka.ð̞a]

Determiner

cada

1. each; every
   • 2008, Idan Raichel, Cada Día

     Cada día alguien me habla de ti

     intentando sacar el dolor de mi alma

     Cada día alguien me habla de ti

     intentando explicarme que ya no volverás

     Every day someone speaks of you to me,

     trying to quell the pain in my soul

     Every day someone speaks of you to me,

     trying to explain to me that you aren't coming back

Usage notes

Although an indefinite determiner (which means by definition that it modifies a noun), cada does not undergo any kind of inflection. In other words, its ending will not change to -o when modifying a masculine noun. It remains cada.