camarada

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish camarada. Doublet of cambrada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.məˈɾa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.maˈɾa.ða]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

camarada m or f by sense (plural camarades)

1. comrade (mate, companion)
2. comrade (fellow communist, socialist, or Islamist)

Derived terms

• camaraderia

Further reading

• “camarada”, 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
• “camarada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “camarada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “camarada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish camarada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.maˈɾa.dɐ/

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

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

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ma‧ra‧da

Noun

camarada m or f by sense (plural camaradas)

1. bro (a close friend)

   Synonyms: amigo, parceiro, mano, bróder, brada

2. buddy; pal; mate (a friendly term of address for an unknown person)

   Synonym: amigo

3. (communism) comrade (term of address used among communists)

Descendants

• → Old Tupi: kamarara, kambarara (Língua Geral Paulista)
  • Nheengatu: kamarara

Adjective

camarada m or f (plural camaradas)

1. (of a price) generous; cheap

   precinho camarada ― generous price

2. (of a person or act) exceptionally friendly or helpful

Romansch

Alternative forms

• camarata (Rumantsch Grischun)
• camerata (Sursilvan)
• cumarata (Sutsilvan)

Noun

camarada f (plural camaradas)

1. (Puter, Vallader) female friend, companion, comrade

Synonyms

• (Puter) cumpagna
• (Vallader) cumpogna
• (friend): amia

Coordinate terms

• (gender): camarad

Spanish

Etymology

From cámara (“chamber”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamaˈɾada/ [ka.maˈɾa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ca‧ma‧ra‧da

Noun

camarada m or f by sense (plural camaradas)

1. comrade (mate, companion)
2. (communism) comrade (fellow socialist or communist)

Derived terms

• camaradería

Descendants

• → Catalan: camarada
• → French: camarade
  • → German: Kamerad
    • → Polish: kamrat
    • → Silesian: kamrat
  • English: comrade
• → Italian: camerata
• → Portuguese: camarada
  • → Old Tupi: kamarara, kambarara (Língua Geral Paulista)
    • Nheengatu: kamarara

Further reading

• “camarada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024