mesada

Catalan

Etymology

From mes +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mesada f (plural mesades)

1. a period of time equivalent in length to a month

   El setge de la ciutat va durar més de dues mesades.

   The siege of the city lasted for more than two months.

2. an amount paid monthly

   L'empresari deu dues mesades als treballadors.

   The owner owes the workers two months' pay.

Derived terms

• mesader

Further reading

• “mesada”, 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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈza.dɐ/

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

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

• Hyphenation: me‧sa‧da

Etymology 1

From mês (“month”) +‎ -ada.

Noun

mesada f (plural mesadas)

1. pocket money; allowance (money given to a child)

Etymology 2

From mesa (“table”) +‎ -ada. Compare joelhada, pedrada, cotovelada.

Noun

mesada f (plural mesadas)

1. the act of hitting somebody with a table

Further reading

• “mesada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈsada/ [meˈsa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: me‧sa‧da

Etymology 1

From mes (“month”) +‎ -ada.

Noun

mesada f (plural mesadas)

1. pocket money; allowance (money given to a child)
2. (Puerto Rico) severance pay owed to an employee not terminated for cause

Etymology 2

From mesa (“table”) +‎ -ada.

Noun

mesada f (plural mesadas)

1. (Paraguay, Rioplatense) counter, bar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

mesada f sg

1. feminine singular of mesado

Further reading

• “mesada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024