catalanada

Catalan

FWOTD – 31 January 2018

Etymology

català (“Catalan”) +‎ -ada

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kə.tə.ləˈna.də/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.laˈna.da/

Noun

catalanada f (plural catalanades)

(colloquial) Catalanism (word or phrase typically used in Catalan-speaking areas)
- 1980 (published in 2014), Joaquim Carbó, letter in Epistolari Jordi Arbonès & Joaquim Carbó, p. 53:
  De tant en tant deia alguna catalanada, la qual cosa feia entendre que sabia on era.
  Every once in a while I would say some Catalanism, which meant that I knew where I was.

Synonyms

catalanisme

Further reading

“catalanada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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