Wiktionary

pedrada

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From pedra +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pedrada f (plural pedrades)

  1. casting of a stone
  2. blow from a stone
  3. (in the plural) stoning

Further reading edit

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese pedrada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from pedra (“stone”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pedrada f (plural pedradas)

  1. a blow with a pebble
    Synonym: cantazo
    • 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 337:
      que seyron do dito castello os ditos tres omens e aderençaran a él por lo matar, dentro na dita vyña, e hun deles le puxara hua seta por lo matar, e quando vyra a balesta armada, que fogira por la vyña e foron pus él por llo matar, et de feyto o mataran con a dita seeta, senón Deus que o quyso gardar, e como le remesaran a dita seta, que le remesaran hua pedra e que le deran con ela ena caueça, a qual firyda logo él mostrou ó dito procurador, e como le puxaran a dita seta, e le deran a dita pedrada
      that said three men left the castle and came towards him for killing him, inside that vineyard, and one of them took an arrow, and when he saw the crossbow armed he ran away, but they came after him for killing him, and actually they would have killed him with that arrow if not because God wanted to protect him, and as they threw that arrow, they also threw a stone which hit him in the head, and said wound he later showed to the procurer, and how they threw that arrow and hit said blow with a stone
  2. stone's throw (short distance)
    Synonym: tiro de pedra
  3. (figurative) insult
    Synonyms: deosto, insulto

Related terms edit

References edit

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

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From pedra +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

pedrada f (plural pedradas)

  1. a blow with a rock
  2. stone's throw (short distance)
  3. (Portugal, colloquial) trip
    Synonyms: moca, mocada
    Estou com uma pedrada. ― I'm stoned.

Related terms edit

Adjective edit

pedrada

  1. feminine singular of pedrado

Spanish edit

Noun edit

pedrada f (plural pedradas)

  1. throw of a stone
  2. blow/hit of a stone
    • 2015 July 11, “Resumen del día de El País América - 10 de julio”, in El País‎[1]:
      Luego lo mataron a golpes, a puñetazos, a patadas, a pedradas y botellazos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=pedrada&oldid=78902440"