escarada

Catalan

Etymology

From escar (“drydock”) +‎ -ada, presumably because this kind of work was common in shipyards.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəˈɾa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kaˈɾa.ða]

Noun

escarada f (plural escarades)

1. piece work (work paid for by the piece as opposed to by the time worked)

   Synonym: preu fet

Derived terms

• escarader

Related terms

• escarar

Further reading

• “escarada”, 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