catalanada

Catalan

FWOTD – 31 January 2018

Etymology

català (“Catalan”) +‎ -ada

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.tə.ləˈna.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.ta.laˈna.ða]

Noun

catalanada f (plural catalanades)

1. (colloquial) Catalanism (word or phrase typically used in Catalan-speaking areas)
   • 1980 (published in 2014), Joaquim Carbó, letter in Epistolari Jordi Arbonès & Joaquim Carbó, p. 53:

     De tant en tant deia alguna catalanada, la qual cosa feia entendre que sabia on era.

     Every once in a while I would say some Catalanism, which meant that I knew where I was.

Synonyms

• catalanisme

Further reading

• “catalanada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.