dentada

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

dentada f sg

1. feminine singular of dentat

Portuguese

Etymology

From dentar (“to bite”) +‎ -ada, from dente (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dẽˈta.dɐ/

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

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

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: den‧ta‧da

Noun

dentada f (plural dentadas)

1. bite (instance of biting)
2. bite (wound left behind after having been bitten)

   Synonyms: mordedura, mordida

Usage notes

More commonly used in reference to biting someone, as opposed to biting food.

Related terms

• dentado
• dentadura
• dental
• dentama
• dentar
• dentário
• dente

Adjective

dentada

1. feminine singular of dentado

Participle

dentada f sg

1. feminine singular of dentado

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtada/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪a.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: den‧ta‧da

Adjective

dentada

1. feminine singular of dentado

Participle

dentada f sg

1. feminine singular of dentado