grada

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grada, collective of gradus (step).

Pronunciation

Noun

grada f (plural grades)

  1. a wide step, especially one large enough to sit on; bleacher
  2. stairway
    Synonym: graderia
  3. (architecture) gradin, gradine
  4. (linguistics) tier
  5. (nautical) slipway
    Synonym: estepa

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Galician

Verb

grada

  1. inflection of gradar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

grada f

  1. singular definite of grad

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

grada

  1. feminine singular of grado

Verb

grada

  1. inflection of gradar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

From grad +‎ -a.

Verb

a grada (third-person singular present gradează, past participle gradat) 1st conj.

  1. to grade

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

grada (Cyrillic spelling града)

  1. genitive singular of grad

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: gra‧da

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish grada (a step of a staircase), derived from Old Spanish grado (a staircase, a rank) via a change in gender (compare Late Latin puncta, from punctus), inherited from Latin gradus (a step, pace; a step of a staircase; a rank), derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (to walk, go).

Noun

grada f (plural gradas)

  1. step (of a staircase)
    Synonyms: escalón, peldaño
  2. (in the plural) stands, terraces (of a sports stadium)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin cratis. Compare Portuguese grade, Italian grata. First attested ca. 1490 in Alonso Fernández de Palencia's Universal vocabulario en latín y romance.

Noun

grada f (plural gradas)

  1. a sieve used to shred and flatten soil already ploughed
  2. the bars of a window in a convent

Etymology 3

Verb

grada

  1. inflection of gradar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading