catalanada

Catalan

FWOTD – 31 January 2018

Etymology

From català (“Catalan”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.tə.ləˈna.ðə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ka.ta.laˈna.ða]

Noun

catalanada 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

“catalanada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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