camarada
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish camarada. Doublet of cambrada.
Pronunciation
Noun
camarada m or f by sense (plural camarades)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “camarada”, 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
- “camarada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “camarada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “camarada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish camarada.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.maˈɾa.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.maˈɾa.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.mɐˈɾa.dɐ/ [kɐ.mɐˈɾa.ðɐ]
- Rhymes: -adɐ
- Hyphenation: ca‧ma‧ra‧da
Noun
camarada m or f by sense (plural camaradas)
- bro (a close friend)
- buddy; pal; mate (a friendly term of address for an unknown person)
- Synonym: amigo
- (communism) comrade (term of address used among communists)
Descendants
- → Old Tupi: kamarara, kambarara (Língua Geral Paulista)
- Nheengatu: kamarara
Adjective
camarada m or f (plural camaradas)
- (of a price) generous; cheap
- precinho camarada ― generous price
- (of a person or act) exceptionally friendly or helpful
References
- ^ “camarada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “camarada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Romansch
Alternative forms
Noun
camarada f (plural camaradas)
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- (gender): camarad
Spanish
Etymology
From cámara (“chamber”) + -ada.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kamaˈɾada/ [ka.maˈɾa.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: ca‧ma‧ra‧da
Noun
camarada m or f by sense (plural camaradas)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: camarada
- → French: camarade
- → Italian: camerata
- → Portuguese: camarada
- → Old Tupi: kamarara, kambarara (Língua Geral Paulista)
- Nheengatu: kamarara
- → Old Tupi: kamarara, kambarara (Língua Geral Paulista)
Further reading
- “camarada”, 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