grada

See also: gradá, građa, gráda, gráða, and града

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grada, collective of gradus (“step”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

grada f (plural grades)

1. a wide step, especially one large enough to sit on; bleacher
2. stairway

   Synonym: graderia

3. (architecture) gradin, gradine
4. (linguistics) tier
5. (nautical) slipway

   Synonym: estepa

Derived terms

• graderia
• gradeta

Related terms

• grau

Further reading

• “grada”, 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

Galician

Verb

grada

1. inflection of gradar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

grada f

1. definite singular of grad

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑ.dɑ/

Noun

grada

1. genitive plural of grad

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.dɐ/

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

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

• Rhymes: -adɐ

Adjective

grada

1. feminine singular of grado

Verb

grada

1. inflection of gradar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

From grad +‎ -a.

Verb

a grada (third-person singular present gradează, past participle gradat) 1st conjugation

1. to grade

Conjugation

    conjugation of grada (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a grada
gerund			gradând
past participle			gradat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	gradez	gradezi	gradează	gradăm	gradați	gradează
	imperfect	gradam	gradai	grada	gradam	gradați	gradau
	simple perfect	gradai	gradași	gradă	gradarăm	gradarăți	gradară
	pluperfect	gradasem	gradaseși	gradase	gradaserăm	gradaserăți	gradaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să gradez	să gradezi	să gradeze	să gradăm	să gradați	să gradeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		gradează			gradați
	negative		nu grada			nu gradați

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

grada (Cyrillic spelling града)

1. genitive singular of grad

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• rada, rara (eye dialect)

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from a hiberian stratum. Ultimately from Latin cratis. Compare Portuguese grade, Spanish grada, Italian grata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾa.da/, [ˈɾa.da], [ˈɾa.ɾa], [ˈɣɾa-]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: grà‧da

Noun

grada f (plural gradi)

1. (tool) A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air; a grid, a crating.

   Synonym: passu

Derived terms

• gradigghia

See also

• filu di ferru
• passu
• rigana
• ritticulatu

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾada/ [ˈɡɾa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: gra‧da

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish grada (“a step of a staircase”), derived from Old Spanish grado (“a staircase, a rank”) via a change in gender (compare Late Latin puncta, from punctus), inherited from Latin gradus (“a step, pace; a step of a staircase; a rank”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”).

Noun

grada f (plural gradas)

1. step (of a staircase)

   Synonyms: escalón, peldaño

2. (in the plural) stands, terraces (of a sports stadium)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin cratis. Compare Portuguese grade, Italian grata. First attested ca. 1490 in Alonso Fernández de Palencia's Universal vocabulario en latín y romance.

Noun

grada f (plural gradas)

2. a sieve used to shred and flatten soil already ploughed
3. the bars of a window in a convent

Etymology 3

Verb

grada

1. inflection of gradar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “grada”, 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
• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “grada”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎ (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 188