catalanada

From català (“Catalan”) +‎ -ada.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.tə.ləˈna.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.ta.laˈna.ða]

catalanada f (plural catalanades)

1. (colloquial) Catalanism (word or phrase typically used in Catalan-speaking areas)

   Synonym: catalanisme

   • 1980, Joaquim Carbó, Epistolari Jordi Arbonès & Joaquim Carbó, published 2014, letter, page 53:

     De tant en tant deia alguna catalanada, la qual cosa feia entendre que sabia on era.

     Every once in a while I would say some Catalanism, which meant that I knew where I was.

• “catalanada”, 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