cadera

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin cathégra, from Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”).

Noun

cadera f (plural caderes)

1. hip

Interlingua

Verb

cadera

1. future of cader

Macanese

Alternative forms

• cadéra, (chair sense) cadeira

Etymology

From Portuguese cadeira, from Old Galician-Portuguese cadeira, from Vulgar Latin *cathēgra, variant of Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”).

Noun

cadera

1. chair
2. sedan chair
3. (anatomy) lumbar region (the back at the kidney level)

   dói cadera ― (to have) lower back pain; kidney pain; pain in the buttocks

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “cadera”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 337

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cadera (“chair, throne”), from Vulgar Latin cathégra (attested in Pompeiian inscriptions), variant of Latin cathedra (“armchair”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of cátedra. Compare Portuguese cadeira (“chair”), Catalan cadira, Lombard and Piedmontese cadrega, Venetan carega, Modern Greek καρέκλα (karékla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈdeɾa/ [kaˈð̞e.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧de‧ra

Noun

cadera f (plural caderas)

1. (anatomy) hip
2. (obsolete) chair

   Synonyms: silla f, asiento m

Derived terms

• caderamen (“big hips”)
• caderazo (“hip blow”)
• caderillas
• caderón
• caderudo (“big-hipped”)
• descaderar (“to injure the hip”)
• hueso de la cadera (“hip bone”)

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: kadera

Further reading

• “cadera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16