cada

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cada"

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ca

Etymology

From Latin cata (“by, for each”), from Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkada/ [ˈka.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ca‧da

Adjective

cada

1. each, every

Derived terms

• cada cuando
• cada muncho
• cada poco

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cata (“by, for each”), from Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Adjective

cada

1. each
2. every

Derived terms

• cada u
• cada un
• cada vegada més

Related terms

• cadascú, cadascun

Further reading

• “cada”, 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
• “cada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cada, from Latin cata (“by, for each”), from Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkada/ [ˈkɑ.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: ca‧da

Determiner

cada

1. each

Further reading

• “cada”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “cada”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.da/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: cà‧da

Verb

cada

1. inflection of cadere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Occitan

Alternative forms

• chasca (Auvergne, Limousin, Provençal, Vivaro-Alpine)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Adjective

cada m or f (feminine singular cada, masculine plural cadas, feminine plural cadas) (Languedoc, Gascony)

1. each
2. every

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cada, from Latin cata (“by”), from Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.dɐ/

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

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

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ca‧da

Pronoun

cada

1. each, every (qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items)

   Cada prato deve ser lavado.

   Each plate must be washed.

2. used as an intensifier

   Fazes cada loucura!

   You commit all sorts of crazy acts.

   Minha mãe faz cada bolo que nem o espero esfriar.

   My mother makes such a cake that I don’t even wait for it to cool down.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cada.

Derived terms

• cada qual
• cada um
• cada uma

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkada]

Noun

cada f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of cadă

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cada, from Latin cata, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá). Compare English catalogue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkada/ [ˈka.ð̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ca‧da

Determiner

cada

1. each; every
   • 2008, Idan Raichel, Cada Día:

     Cada día alguien me habla de ti
     intentando sacar el dolor de mi alma
     Cada día alguien me habla de ti
     intentando explicarme que ya no volverás

     Every day someone speaks of you to me,
     trying to quell the pain in my soul
     Every day someone speaks of you to me,
     trying to explain to me that you aren't coming back

   • 2021 July 21, Juan Garzon, “Los mejores celulares Android de 2021”, in CNN en Español‎:

     Comprar un celular no es fácil, al menos considerando que lo ideal es comprar el mejor para cada uno de nosotros porque no todos tenemos las mismas necesidades, ni le damos el mismo uso, ni podemos pagar el mismo precio, ni tenemos las mismas preferencias. Sin embargo, aquí recopilo los mejores celulares Android de 2021, teniendo en cuenta estos aspectos para ayudarte a determinar cuál podría ser mejor opción para ti.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Unlike many other Spanish determiners, cada does not inflect.

Derived terms

• a cada instante
• a cada momento
• a cada paso
• a cada trinquete
• a cada trique
• a cada triquete
• a cada triquitraque
• a cada uno lo suyo (“to each his own”)
• cada cosa para su cosa
• cada cual
• cada cuando que
• cada hora
• cada instante
• cada lunes y cada martes
• cada mochuelo a su olivo
• cada momento
• cada que
• cada quien
• cada tercer día
• cada uno
• cada vez que
• cada X tiempo
• de cada día

Further reading

• “cada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025