tongada

Catalan

Etymology

From tonga +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tongada f (plural tongades)

1. series, succession, spell

   Synonyms: rafega, ratxa

   En vam descartar quatre a la primera tongada. ― We ruled out four of them in the first series.

Further reading

• “tongada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tongada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From tonga (“cover, covering”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tonˈɡada/ [t̪õŋˈɡa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ton‧ga‧da

Noun

tongada f (plural tongadas)

1. cover; covering; covering layer

   Synonym: tonga

Further reading

• “tongada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024