pancada

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese paancada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): panca (“lever”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paŋˈkaða̝/

Noun

pancada f (plural pancadas)

1. blow, stroke, hit

   Synonyms: golpe, pau

   O que non sinte a palabra, non sinte a pancada (proverb) ― They who don't listen the word, won't feel the stroke

   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 354:

     Ano de LVIII, a IX dias de juyo, en Ourense, por ante Afonso Anrriques et Nuno d ' Ousende, procurador, deu querella que oje, este dito dia, trageendo él hua cárrega de uses por lo outeiro de Santa Deleyña, que sayran a él o alguasil e Fernán Aluares e outro seu conpoñeiro, omes do prouisor, et que o dito alguasil, por sy meesmo, lle dera fasta viinte paancadas con hun paao, das quaes ende mostrou enas costas tres paancás et duas enos braços et hua ena perna, e que o daua por qeixa.

     The year (14)58, 9 days of July, in Ourense, before Afonso Enríquez, and Nuno de Ousende, the Council's agent; he complained that today, while bringing a cartload of heather from St. Deleiña's hill, he was intercepted by the bailiff and Fernán Álvarez and another companion, men of the provisor, and that the aforementioned bailiff, by himself, stroke twenty blows on him with a stick; and of them he shew three strokes on the sides and two in the arms and one in the leg, and he gave this as a complaint

Related terms

• apancar
• panca

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “paancada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “panca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pancada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pancada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pancada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From panca (“lever shaft”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɐ̃ˈka.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɐ̃ˈka.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɐ̃ˈka.da/

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

Noun

pancada f (plural pancadas)

1. blow; strike

   Synonyms: golpe, batida, choque, bordoada, cacetada

   João levou uma pancada na cabeça.

   John took a blow to the head.

2. (Brazil) sudden rain

   Synonyms: pancada de chuva, pancada de água

Derived terms

• às três pancadas
• ter uma pancada
• pancadão
• pancadaria

Related terms

• panca