foda

See also: föda and føða

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from foder (“to fuck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoðɐ]

Noun

foda f (plural fodas)

1. (vulgar) trouble; setback

   Synonym: amoladura

Related terms

• foder

Etymology 2

Verb

foda

1. inflection of foder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “foda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “foda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “foda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fōdô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Cognate with Old Norse fœða (Danish føde, Swedish föda, Icelandic fæða).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoː.dɑ/
• Rhymes: -oː.dɑ

Noun

fōda m

1. food
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"

     Þā ġeseah hēo þæt cild licgan on binne, ðǣr sē oxa and sē assa ġewunelīce fōdan sēcað.

     Then saw she the child lying in the bin, where the ox and the ass usually seek food.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	fōda	fōdan
accusative	fōdan	fōdan
genitive	fōdan	fōdena
dative	fōdan	fōdum

Synonyms

• mete
• æte

Related terms

• fēdan
• fōdor

Descendants

• Middle English: fode, fude
  • English: food
  • Scots: fuid, fude

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• f*da (censored)
• fd (text messaging)
• phoda (filter-avoidance)

Etymology 1

Deverbal from foder.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.dɐ/

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

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

• Rhymes: -ɔdɐ
• Hyphenation: fo‧da

Noun

foda f (plural fodas)

1. (vulgar) fuck (an act of sexual intercourse)

   Synonym: (Brazil) transa

2. (Minho, cooking) Lamb roasted in a wood-fired oven in a traditional oval clay dish, usually served with rice.

Derived terms

• dar meia foda
• empata-foda / empata-fodas
• fast foda
• meia-foda

Adjective

foda m or f (plural fodas, comparable, comparative mais foda, superlative o mais foda or fodíssimo, diminutive fodinha, augmentative fodão)

1. (Brazil, slang, mildly vulgar) awesome; amazing; cool

   Esse cara é foda ― This guy is awesome

2. (Brazil, slang, mildly vulgar) bad, annoying
3. (Brazil, slang, mildly vulgar) difficult

Usage notes

Because of its contradictory nature, it's common to hear the question "foda de bom ou foda de ruim?" when the sense is not clear by context.

Derived terms

• fodão
• fodástico
• fodelão
• foderoso
• fodinha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.dɐ/

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

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

• Rhymes: -odɐ
• Hyphenation: fo‧da

Verb

foda

1. inflection of foder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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