morada

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish morar

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish moradabor.

English morada

Borrowed from Spanish morada.

Noun

morada (plural moradas)

1. a religious meeting hall associated with the Penitente Brotherhood of New Mexico

Anagrams

• Amador, Madora, armado, dorama

Asturian

Adjective

morada

1. feminine singular of moráu

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese morada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from morar (“to dwell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈɾaða̝/

Noun

morada f (plural moradas)

1. habitation, occupancy
2. dwelling, residence
3. stay, sojourn

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾaða̝/

Adjective

morada f sg

1. feminine singular of morado

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “morada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “morada”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morada”, 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), “morada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

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Portuguese morar

Old Galician-Portuguese -ada

Portuguese -ada

Portuguese morada

From morar (“to live somewhere”) + -ada.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈɾa.dɐ/

 

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

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

Noun

morada f (plural moradas)

1. dwelling; residence

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:habitação

2. (by extension) address

   Synonym: endereço

   Escreva o seu nome e morada, por favor. ― Write your name and address, please.

Derived terms

• moradia

Participle

morada f sg

1. feminine singular of morado

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾada/ [moˈɾa.ð̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: mo‧ra‧da

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Spanish morar

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish morada

From morar + -ada.

Noun

morada f (plural moradas)

1. abode, dwelling

   Synonym: domicilio

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 38:

     El Cuero es un monstruo que tiene su morada en el Bío-Bío.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. resting place

Related terms

• morar

Participle

morada f sg

1. feminine singular of morado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

morada

1. feminine singular of morado

Further reading

• “morada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025