porrada

Portuguese

Etymology

From porro (club) +‎ -ada, originaly meaning "a blow given with a club", it later acquired the general meaning of "fighting".

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈʁa.dɐ/ [poˈha.dɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /poˈʁa.dɐ/ [poˈχa.dɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈʁa.da/ [poˈha.da]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈʁa.dɐ/ [puˈʁa.ðɐ]

  • Hyphenation: por‧ra‧da

Noun

porrada f (plural porradas)

  1. (colloquial) punch, slap
  2. (colloquial) fight
  3. (colloquial) shedload (large quantity)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:porrada.

Derived terms

  • andar à porrada
  • dar porrada
  • levar porrada
  • porradão
  • porradaria

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈrada/ [poˈra.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: po‧rra‧da

Noun

porrada f (plural porradas)

  1. synonym of porrazo
  2. thump
  3. shedload; load (large amount or number of something)
  4. stupid comment

Further reading