tongada
Catalan
Etymology
Noun
tongada f (plural tongades)
- series, succession, spell
- Synonyms: rafega, ratxa
- En vam descartar quatre a la primera tongada. ― We ruled out four of them in the first series.
Further reading
- “tongada”, 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
- “tongada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From tonga (“cover, covering”) + -ada.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tonˈɡada/ [t̪õŋˈɡa.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: ton‧ga‧da
Noun
tongada f (plural tongadas)
Further reading
- “tongada”, 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