cegada

Asturian

Participle

cegada f sg

1. feminine singular of cegáu

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From cego (“blind person”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɡa.dɐ/

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

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

Noun

cegada f (plural cegadas)

1. a group of blind people
2. (informal) mess

Etymology 2

From cegar (“to blind”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɡa.dɐ/

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

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

Noun

cegada f (plural cegadas)

1. act of blinding

   O dinheiro deu uma cegada nele. ― He got blinded by money. (literally, “Money dealt a blinding on him.”)

Participle

cegada f sg

1. feminine singular of cegado

Further reading

• “cegada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cegada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈɡada/ [θeˈɣ̞a.ð̞a] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seˈɡada/ [seˈɣ̞a.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ce‧ga‧da

Participle

cegada f sg

1. feminine singular of cegado