levada

English

Noun

levada (plural levadas)

1. An irrigation channel or aqueduct specific to the Portuguese Atlantic region of Madeira.

Anagrams

• Valade, avaled

Galician

Watermill with its levada

Etymology

From agua levada (literally “conducted water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈβaða̝/

Noun

levada f (plural levadas)

1. aqueduct or canal
   • 1447, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Domínguez (ed.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 572:

     "moiño do Cangado" "con toda sua casa e pedra e con todas suas levadas e presas e augas"

     "mill of the Cangado" "with all of its building and stone and ducts and dams and waters"

   Synonyms: cal, canle

Derived terms

• Augalevada
• Levada

Related terms

• levar

Participle

levada f sg

1. feminine singular of levado

References

• “levada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “levada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “levada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “levada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “levada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Adjective

levada

1. feminine singular of levado

Participle

levada f sg

1. feminine singular of levado

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈbada/ [leˈβ̞a.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: le‧va‧da

Participle

levada f sg

1. feminine singular of levado