# -ada
## Basque
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Suffix

-ada
* Forming nouns expressing a hit or strike
    ‎bultzatu (“to jostle, to push”) + ‎-ada → ‎bultzada (“jostle, push”)
* Forming nouns expressing an action
    ‎begiratu (“to look”) + ‎-ada → ‎begirada (“glance”)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “-ada” in Labayru Hiztegia

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.ðə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈa.ða]

### Suffix

-ada f (plural -ades)
* forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs ending in -ar
    ‎parlar (“to speak”) + ‎-ada → ‎parlada (“spoken”)

### Suffix

-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ades)
* forms nouns signifying a collective or large quantity
    ‎gent (“people”) + ‎-ada → ‎gentada (“crowd”)
    ‎os (“bone”) + ‎-ada → ‎ossada (“skeleton”)
* forms nouns signifying the contents of
    ‎boca (“boca”) + ‎-ada → ‎bocada (“mouthful”)
    ‎cistell (“basket”) + ‎-ada → ‎cistellada (“basketful”)
* forms nouns signifying a hit or strike
    ‎bastó (“stick”) + ‎-ada → ‎bastonada (“a hit with a stick”)
* forms nouns signifying an action characteristic of someone or something
    ‎català (“Catalan”) + ‎-ada → ‎catalanada (“Catalanism”)
* forms nouns signifying the effect of a verb
    ‎fiblar (“to sting”) + ‎-ada → ‎fiblada (“a sting”)
* forms nouns signifying a time period, especially in relation to another
    ‎dia (“day”) + ‎-ada → ‎diada (“a specific day; a kind of day; holiday”)
    ‎calçot (“onion”) + ‎-ada → ‎calçotada (“the time when these onions are eaten”)

### Derived terms
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈada]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Hyphenation: a‧da

### Suffix

-ada
* See -ad-

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ada, from Latin -āta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaðɐ]

### Suffix

-ada
* forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitive ends in -ar
* feminine singular of -ado

### Suffix

-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)
* forms nouns signifying a collective or large quantity
    ‎gaspallo (“chaff”) + ‎-ada → ‎gaspallada (“dead brushwood and leaves”)
    ‎rapaz (“boy”) + ‎-ada → ‎rapazada (“the young ones; a group of boys”)
    ‎trapallo (“rag, tatter”) + ‎-ada → ‎trapallada (“mess”)
* forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful
    ‎lar (“hearth”) + ‎-ada → ‎larada (“hearthful”)
    ‎man (“hand”) + ‎-ada → ‎mada (“handful”)
* forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”
    ‎lacón (“pork shoulder”) + ‎-ada → ‎lacoada (“dish made of pork shoulder, greens and potatoes”)
* forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”
    ‎cu (“butt”) + ‎-ada → ‎cuada (“pratfall”)
    ‎panca (“rod; lever”) + ‎-ada → ‎pancada (“blow with a staff, rod, etc.”)
* forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb
    ‎chegar (“to arrive”) + ‎-ada → ‎chegada (“arrival”)
* forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”
    ‎marmelo (“quince”) + ‎-ada → ‎marmelada (“quince jam”)

#### Derived terms

From

## Interlingua
### Etymology

Borrowed from English -ade, French -ade, Italian -ata, Portuguese -ada/Spanish -ada. Also found in Russian in words such as лимонад (limonad, “lemonade”) and оранжад (oranžad, “orangeade”). All ultimately from Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈada/

### Suffix

-ada
* forms nouns from nouns, denoting a product; -ade
    ‎limon (“lemon”) + ‎-ada → ‎limonada (“lemonade”)
    ‎persica (“peach”) + ‎-ada → ‎persicada (“peachade”)
* forms nouns from nouns, denoting a series; -ade
    ‎columna (“column”) + ‎-ada → ‎columnada (“colonade”)
    ‎fenestra (“window”) + ‎-ada → ‎fenestrada (“row of windows”)

#### Derived terms
### References

* Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

## Lithuanian
### Alternative forms

* -ad, -ados

### Etymology

See kadà (“when”). The -da is reminiscent of the Proto-Slavic particle *-de, as seen in *kъde.

### Suffix

-adà
* Produces adverbs of time
    ‎kas (“what”) + ‎-ada → ‎kada (“when”)
    ‎tas (“that”) + ‎-ada → ‎tada (“then”)
    ‎visas (“all”) + ‎-ada → ‎visada (“always”)
    ‎kitas (“other”) + ‎-ada → ‎kitados (“sometime”)
    ‎niekas (“nothing”) + ‎-ada → ‎niekada (“never”)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 381
* Jānis Endzelīns (transl. W. R. Schmalstieg & B. Jēgers) (1971) “11. Adverbs § e. Adverbs from pronominal roots”, in Comparative phonology and morphology of the Baltic languages, De Gruyter, →ISBN, section 431, page 262

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Portuguese -ada, feminine equivalent of -ado.

### Suffix

-ada
* noun-forming suffix
    ‎fuzilâ (“to dazzle”) + ‎-ada → ‎fuzilada (“a flash produced by lightning”)
    ‎pitâ (“to escape”) + ‎-ada → ‎pitada (“escapade”)

#### Usage notes

* Unlike -ado, generally not used to form participles.

#### Derived terms
## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French -ade.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Suffix

-ada f
* -ade, used to form nouns denoting action, or a person performing said action
    ‎błazen + ‎-ada → ‎błazenada

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* -ada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ada, from Latin -āta.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈa.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈa.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈa.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈa.dɐ/ [ˈa.ðɐ]

### Suffix

-ada f
* forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitive ends in -ar
    ‎falar (“to speak”) + ‎-ada → ‎falada (“spoken”)

### Suffix

-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)
* forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”
    ‎cadeira (“chair”) + ‎-ada → ‎cadeirada (“blow with a chair”)
    ‎faca (“knife”) + ‎-ada → ‎facada (“knifing”)
    ‎cabo (“handle”) + ‎-ada → ‎cabada (“blow with a handle”)
* forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb
    ‎chegar (“to arrive”) + ‎-ada → ‎chegada (“arrival”)
    ‎largar (“to start running, in a race”) + ‎-ada → ‎largada (“the start of a race”)
* forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection or excessive amount of the suffixed noun
    ‎dinheiro (“money”) + ‎-ada → ‎dinheirada (“a vast sum of money”)
    ‎bezerro (“calf”) + ‎-ada → ‎bezerrada (“herd of calves”)
* forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful
    ‎colher (“spoon”) + ‎-ada → ‎colherada (“spoonful”)
    ‎xícara (“cup”) + ‎-ada → ‎xicarada (“cupful”)
* forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”
    ‎feijão (“bean”) + ‎-ada → ‎feijoada (“feijoada”)
    ‎coalho (“curd”) + ‎-ada → ‎coalhada (“a dessert made of curd”)
* forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”
    ‎laranja (“orange”) + ‎-ada → ‎laranjada (“orange juice”)
    ‎marmelo (“quince”) + ‎-ada → ‎marmelada (“quince jam”)
* feminine singular of -ado

#### Usage notes

Most words suffixed with -ada that indicate the action of a verb are always, or almost always, used in the form dar uma ___ada.

#### Derived terms
## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈada/ [ˈa.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: -a‧da

### Suffix

-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)
* forms words, derived from nouns, signifying a group (i.e. it forms collective nouns)
    ‎vaca (“cow”) + ‎-ada → ‎vacada (“herd”)
    ‎banda (“gang, band”) + ‎-ada → ‎bandada (“flock”)
* forms words, derived from nouns, corresponding to -ful (as much as something will hold)
    ‎cuchara (“spoon”) + ‎-ada → ‎cucharada (“spoonful”)
    ‎boca (“mouth”) + ‎-ada → ‎bocanada (“mouthful”)
* forms words indicating a period of time
    ‎otoño (“autumn”) + ‎-ada → ‎otoñada (“autumn-time”)
    ‎verano (“summer”) + ‎-ada → ‎veranada (“summer-time”)
* forms words, derived from nouns, indicating a blow with the named object
    Synonym: -azo
    ‎palma (“palm”) + ‎-ada → ‎palmada (“slap”)
* forms words indicating action
    ‎zanca (“leg”) + ‎-ada → ‎zancada (“stride”)
* forms words indicating abundance or excess
    ‎río (“river”) + ‎-ada → ‎riada (“flood”)

### Suffix

-ada f (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)
* feminine singular of -ado: used with a stem to form the feminine singular past participle of regular -ar verbs
    ‎abrogar (“to abrogate”) + ‎-ada → ‎abrogada (“abrogated, abolished”)
    ‎migrar (“to migrate”) + ‎-ada → ‎migrada (“migrated”)

### Further reading

* “-ada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10