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Catalan
Pronunciation
Participle
cavada f sg
- feminine singular of cavat
Galician
Etymology
From cavar (“to dig”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cavada f (plural cavadas)
- digging
- Synonyms: cava, cavadura
- slash and burn
- Synonyms: estivada, roza
- swidden (a bounded area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn)
- Synonyms: cachada, estivada, roza, seara
Derived terms
Participle
cavada f sg
- feminine singular of cavado
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cavada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cavada”, 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), “cavada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cavada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Participle
cavada f sg
- feminine singular of cavado
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈbada/
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: ca‧va‧da
Participle
cavada f sg
- feminine singular of cavado