xarada

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French charade, from Occitan charrada (“chatter”). Compare Catalan xerrada.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

xarada f (plural xarades)

1. charade (riddle)
2. charades (party game)

Further reading

• “xarada”, 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