pechada

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pechada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈʃa.dɐ/

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

 

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈʃa.dɐ/ [pɨˈʃa.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈt͡ʃa.dɐ/ [pɨˈt͡ʃa.ðɐ]

• Homophone: peixada
• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧cha‧da

Noun

pechada f (plural pechadas)

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) a collision, shock or accident

   Synonyms: colisão, batida, acidente, choque

Participle

pechada f sg

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) feminine singular of pechado

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pactum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈt͡ʃada/ [peˈt͡ʃa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pe‧cha‧da

Noun

pechada f (uncountable) (colloquial)

1. (Andalusia) a lot, plenty
2. (Canary Islands, Canarian Wrestling) push that one of the fighters gives with his trunk on that of his rival, throwing him backwards

Participle

pechada f sg

1. feminine singular of pechado

Further reading

• “pechada”, 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
• “pechada”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010