carrada

Portuguese

Etymology

From carro +‎ -ada, originally meaning cartload, nowadays mostly used in the figurative sense.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁa.dɐ/ [kaˈha.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁa.dɐ/ [kaˈha.dɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁa.dɐ/ [kaˈχa.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁa.da/ [kaˈha.da]

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

• Hyphenation: car‧ra‧da

Noun

carrada f (plural carradas)

1. cartload (the amount a cart can carry)
2. (figuratively, informal) a truckload, a large amount

References

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