patada

Asturian

Noun

patada f (plural patades)

1. kick

Related terms

• pata
• patiar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish patada (“kick”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧da

Noun

patada

1. kick

Galician

Noun

patada f (plural patadas)

1. kick

   Synonym: couce

Related terms

• pata
• patear

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese pato

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Latin -am

Old Galician-Portuguese -a

Old Galician-Portuguese pata

Portuguese pata

Old Galician-Portuguese -ada

Portuguese -ada

Portuguese patada

From pata (“paw”) + -ada.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈta.dɐ/

 

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

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

Noun

patada f (plural patadas)

1. a kick, especially from an animal's paws

   Synonym: coice

2. (figurative, informal) an act of unkindness or ingratitude
3. (figurative, informal) an instance of verbally attacking someone, often indirectly (i.e. with hints)

   Synonyms: tirada, lapada

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish pata

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 patada

From pata + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtada/ [paˈt̪a.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pa‧ta‧da

Noun

patada f (plural patadas)

1. kick

   Synonym: puntapié

2. (Southern Cone, Paraguay, Bolivia, Costa Rica) electric shock

Derived terms

• a patadas
• en dos patada
• tratar a patadas

Related terms

• pata
• patear

Further reading

• “patada”, 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
• “patada”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010