enxadada

Portuguese

Etymology

From enxada +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃaˈda.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃaˈda.dɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃaˈda.da/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃaˈda.da/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ʃɐˈda.dɐ/ [ẽ.ʃɐˈða.ðɐ]

Noun

enxadada f (plural enxadadas)

  1. a blow with a hoe
    • 2009, Charles Baudelaire, Pequenos poemas em prosa (O spleen de Paris), hedra, →ISBN, page 45:
      Mas, uma batida terrível, pesada, ressoou na porta, e, como nos sonhos infernais, me pareceu que eu recebia uma enxadada no estomago.
      But a terrible, heavy knock resounded on the door, and, as in infernal dreams, it felt like I was struck in the stomach [with a hoe].

Participle

enxadada f sg

  1. feminine singular of enxadado
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