taparada

Catalan

Etymology

From tapar +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tə.pəˈɾa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ta.paˈɾa.ða]

Noun

taparada f (plural taparades)

1. a thick cloud which covers the sky
2. a blockage in the flow of a watercourse, formed of earth, rocks, rubbish, etc.
   • 2002, Pere Verdaguer i Juanola, Pàgines d’un exili ordinari‎, archived from the original on 6 May 2021, page 14:

     Quan plovia, la gran preocupació era de fer una taparada.

     When it rained, the big concern was to make a dam.

Further reading

• “taparada”, 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