raposada

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.poˈza.dɐ/ [ha.poˈza.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.poˈza.dɐ/ [ha.poˈza.dɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.poˈza.dɐ/ [χa.poˈza.dɐ]

 

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

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

• Hyphenation: ra‧po‧sa‧da

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

substratebor.

Proto-Indo-European *(s)rā́ps

Proto-Indo-European *(s)rāpóm

Proto-Italic *rāpom

Latin rāpum

Old Spanish rabo

Old Spanish -oso

Old Spanish raposo

Old Spanish -a

Old Spanish raposabor.

Old Galician-Portuguese raposa

Portuguese raposa

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Old Galician-Portuguese -ada

Portuguese -ada

Portuguese raposada

From raposa + -ada.

Noun

raposada f (plural raposadas)

1. fox cunning
2. (figuratively) nap (short sleep)
3. (colloquial) drunken state

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

raposada

1. feminine singular of raposado

Further reading

• “raposada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “raposada”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “raposada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026