enxada

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *asciāta, from Latin ascia. Compare Galician aixada, Spanish azada, and Catalan aixada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃa.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃa.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃa.da/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃa.da/

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

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Homophone: inchada (Brazil, natural pronunciation)
• Hyphenation: en‧xa‧da

Noun

enxada f (plural enxadas)

1. hoe (agricultural tool)

   Synonym: (Mozambique) facholo

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: ixaada

Etymology 2

Verb

enxada

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