ajuda

See also: ajudà and Ajuda

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʒu.ðə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈd͡ʒu.ða]
  • Audio (Valencia):(file)

Etymology 1

Noun

ajuda f (plural ajudes)

  1. help, assistance, aid

Etymology 2

Verb

ajuda

  1. inflection of ajudar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese ajudar.

Verb

ajuda

  1. to help
  2. to assist

Occitan

Etymology

Compare Spanish ayuda, Italian aiuto and Portuguese ajuda.

Pronunciation

Noun

ajuda f (plural ajudas)

  1. help, assistance

Dialectal variants

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈʒu.dɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈʒu.da/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈʒu.dɐ/ [ɐˈʒu.ðɐ]

  • Homophone: Ajuda
  • Hyphenation: a‧ju‧da

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ajuda, from ajudar (to help; to aid), from Latin adiūtāre (to help). Compare English aid, Spanish ayuda, Italian aiuto and Occitan ajuda.

Noun

ajuda f (plural ajudas)

  1. (uncountable) help, assistance, aid
    Synonyms: apoio, assistência, suporte
    Quer ajuda?May I help you?
  2. an act of helping or assisting
  3. something which helps or assists
    Synonyms: assistência, suporte
  4. (computing) helpfile
Derived terms
  • Ajuda
  • Nossa Senhora da Ajuda

Interjection

ajuda!

  1. help (I/we desperately need assistance)
    Synonyms: (I) acudam-me!, (we) acudam-nos!, socorro!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ajuda

  1. inflection of ajudar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative