fogata

Borrowed from Spanish fogata.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fuˈɣa.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [foˈɣa.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foˈɣa.ta]

fogata f (plural fogates)

1. bonfire

   Synonym: foguera

   • 1981, Jaume Sisa, “Nit de Sant Joan”:

     Imitarem el sol amb grans fogates

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “fogata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “fogata”, 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
• “fogata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

fogat +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoɡɒtɒ]
• Hyphenation: fo‧ga‧ta

fogata

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of fogat

Likely from fuego +‎ -ata, ultimately from Latin focus (“hearth”). Compare huérfano (“orphan”) and orfanato (“orphanage”).

• IPA^(key): /foˈɡata/ [foˈɣ̞a.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: fo‧ga‧ta

fogata f (plural fogatas)

1. bonfire, campfire

   Synonym: hoguera

2. fougasse (improvised explosive)

• “fogata”, 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