catalanada
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom català (“Catalan”) + -ada.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcatalanada f (plural catalanades)
- (colloquial) Catalanism (word or phrase typically used in Catalan-speaking areas)
- Synonym: catalanisme
- 1980, Joaquim Carbó, Epistolari Jordi Arbonès & Joaquim Carbó, published 2014, letter, page 53:
- De tant en tant deia alguna catalanada, la qual cosa feia entendre que sabia on era.
- Every once in a while I would say some Catalanism, which meant that I knew where I was.
Further reading
edit- “catalanada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.