bovada

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈβa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [boˈva.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [boˈva.ða]

Etymology 1

From bou +‎ -ada.

Noun

bovada f (plural bovades)

1. herd of oxen
2. (historical) A unit of land area defined as the amount that a team of oxen could plow in a day, roughly equivalent to an acre.

   Synonyms: parellada, mujada

Etymology 2

From bovo +‎ -ada.

Noun

bovada f (plural bovades)

1. (Valencia, colloquial) foolish act, blunder

Further reading

• “bovada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “bovada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bovada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.