ajuda

See also: ajudà and Ajuda

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Noun

ajuda f (plural ajudes)

1. help, assistance, aid

Etymology 2

Verb

ajuda

1. inflection of ajudar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Kupang Malay [Term?], from Portuguese ajuda (“help, assistance, aid”), from Old Galician-Portuguese ajuda, from ajudar (“to help; to aid”), from Latin adiūtāre (“to help”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒuda/ [aˈd͡ʒu.da]
• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: a‧ju‧da

Noun

ajuda (plural ajuda-ajuda)

1. assistant pastor serving in Catholic church services or Eucharistic celebrations (Mass)

Further reading

• “ajuda”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese ajudar.

Verb

ajuda

1. to help
2. to assist

Occitan

Etymology

Compare Spanish ayuda, Italian aiuto and Portuguese ajuda.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Noun

ajuda f (plural ajudas)

1. help, assistance

Dialectal variants

• aida (Limousin)
• ajua (Vivaro-alpine)

Related terms

• ajudar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒu.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒu.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒu.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʒu.dɐ/ [ɐˈʒu.ðɐ]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Homophone: Ajuda
• Hyphenation: a‧ju‧da

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ajuda, from ajudar (“to help; to aid”), from Latin adiūtāre (“to help”). Compare English aid, Spanish ayuda, Italian aiuto and Occitan ajuda.

Noun

ajuda f (plural ajudas)

1. (uncountable) help, assistance, aid

   Synonyms: apoio, assistência, suporte

   Quer ajuda? ― May I help you?

2. an act of helping or assisting
3. something which helps or assists

   Synonyms: assistência, suporte

4. (computing) helpfile

Derived terms

• Ajuda
• Nossa Senhora da Ajuda

Related terms

• ajudadeira
• ajudado
• ajudador
• ajudante
• ajudar

Interjection

ajuda!

1. help (I/we desperately need assistance)

   Synonyms: (I) acudam-me!, (we) acudam-nos!, socorro!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ajuda

1. inflection of ajudar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ajuda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ajuda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025