-ada

From Latin -ata.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈ-a.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈ-a.da/

-ada f (plural -ades)

1. Forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs ending in -ar.

   ‎parlar (“to speak”) + ‎-ada → ‎parlada (“spoken”)

2. Forms nouns signifying a collective or large quantity.

   ‎gent (“people”) + ‎-ada → ‎gentada (“crowd”)

   ‎os (“bone”) + ‎-ada → ‎ossada (“skeleton”)

3. Forms nouns signifying a hit or strike.

   ‎bastó (“stick”) + ‎-ada → ‎bastonada (“a hit with a stick”)

4. Forms nouns signifying an action characteristic of someone or something.

   ‎català (“Catalan”) + ‎-ada → ‎catalanada (“Catalanism”)

5. Forms nouns signifying the effect of a verb.

   ‎fiblar (“to sting”) + ‎-ada → ‎fiblada (“a sting”)

6. Forms nouns signifying a time period, especially in relation to another.

   ‎dia (“day”) + ‎-ada → ‎diada (“a specific day; a kind of day; holiday”)

   ‎calçot (“onion”) + ‎-ada → ‎calçotada (“the time when these onions are eaten”)

• -ad, -ados

See kadà (“when”). The -da is reminiscent of the Proto-Slavic particle *-de, as seen in *kъde.

-adà

1. Produces adverbs of time

   ‎kas (“what”) + ‎-ada → ‎kada (“when”)

   ‎tas (“that”) + ‎-ada → ‎tada (“then”)

   ‎visas (“all”) + ‎-ada → ‎visada (“always”)

   ‎kitas (“other”) + ‎-ada → ‎kitados (“sometime”)

   ‎niekas (“nothing”) + ‎-ada → ‎niekada (“never”)

From Old Portuguese -ada, from Latin -ātam, accusative feminine of -ātus.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɐ/, [ˈa.ðɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.da/, /ˈa.dɐ/

-ada f (plural -adas)

1. forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitive ends in -ar

   ‎falar (“to speak”) + ‎-ada → ‎falada (“spoken”)

2. forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”

   ‎cadeira (“chair”) + ‎-ada → ‎cadeirada (“blow with a chair”)

   ‎faca (“knife”) + ‎-ada → ‎facada (“knifing”)

   ‎cabo (“handle”) + ‎-ada → ‎cabada (“blow with a handle”)

3. forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb

   ‎chegar (“to arrive”) + ‎-ada → ‎chegada (“arrival”)

   ‎largar (“to start running, in a race”) + ‎-ada → ‎largada (“the start of a race”)

4. forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection or excessive amount of the suffixed noun

   ‎dinheiro (“money”) + ‎-ada → ‎dinheirada (“a vast sum of money”)

   ‎bezerro (“calf”) + ‎-ada → ‎bezerrada (“herd of calves”)

5. forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful

   ‎colher (“spoon”) + ‎-ada → ‎colherada (“spoonful”)

   ‎xícara (“cup”) + ‎-ada → ‎xicarada (“cupful”)

6. forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”

   ‎feijão (“bean”) + ‎-ada → ‎feijoada (“feijoada”)

   ‎coalho (“curd”) + ‎-ada → ‎coalhada (“a dessert made of curd”)

7. forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”

   ‎laranja (“orange”) + ‎-ada → ‎laranjada (“orange juice”)

   ‎marmelo (“quince”) + ‎-ada → ‎marmelada (“quince jam”)

8. feminine singular of -ado

Most words suffixed with -ada that indicate the action of a verb are always, or almost always, used in the form dar uma ___ada.

From Latin -āta(m), feminine of -ātus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈada/, [ˈaða]

-ada

1. Used with a stem to form the feminine singular past participle of regular -ar verbs; feminine form of -ado.

   ‎abrogar (“to abrogate”) + ‎-ada → ‎abrogada (“abrogated, abolished”)

   ‎migrar (“to migrate”) + ‎-ada → ‎migrada (“migrated”)

2. Used to form words, derived from nouns, signifying a whole.

   ‎vaca (“cow”) + ‎-ada → ‎vacada (“herd”)

   ‎banda (“gang, band”) + ‎-ada → ‎bandada (“flock”)

3. Used to form words, derived from nouns, corresponding to -ful (as much as something will hold)

   ‎cuchara (“spoon”) + ‎-ada → ‎cucharada (“spoonful”)

   ‎boca (“mouth”) + ‎-ada → ‎bocanada (“mouthful”)

4. Used to form words indicating a period of time.

   ‎otoño (“autumn”) + ‎-ada → ‎otoñada (“autumn-time”)

   ‎verano (“summer”) + ‎-ada → ‎veranada (“summer-time”)

5. Used to form words, derived from nouns, indicating a blow with the named object

   ‎palma (“palm”) + ‎-ada → ‎palmada (“slap”)

   Synonym: -azo

6. Used to form words indicating action.

   ‎zanca (“leg”) + ‎-ada → ‎zancada (“stride”)

7. Used to form words indicating abundance or excess.

   ‎río (“river”) + ‎-ada → ‎riada (“flood”)