mesada

From mes +‎ -ada.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈza.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [meˈza.ða]

mesada f (plural mesades)

1. a period of time equivalent in length to a month

   El setge de la ciutat va durar més de dues mesades.

   The siege of the city lasted for more than two months.

2. an amount paid monthly

   L'empresari deu dues mesades als treballadors.

   The owner owes the workers two months' pay.

• mesader

• “mesada”, 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

• Hyphenation: me‧sa‧da

From mês (“month”) +‎ -ada.

mesada f (plural mesadas)

1. pocket money; allowance (money given to a child)

From mesa (“table”) +‎ -ada. Compare joelhada, pedrada, cotovelada.

mesada f (plural mesadas)

1. the act of hitting somebody with a table

• IPA^(key): /meˈsada/ [meˈsa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: me‧sa‧da

From mes (“month”) +‎ -ada.

mesada f (plural mesadas)

1. pocket money; allowance (money given to a child)
2. (Paraguay, Rioplatense) counter, bar, table
3. (Puerto Rico) severance pay owed to an employee not terminated for cause

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mesada f sg

1. feminine singular of mesado

• “mesada”, 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