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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: me‧tra‧lha‧da
- Rhymes: -ʎadɐ
Etymology 1
From metralha + -ada, or from metralhar + -ada.
Noun
metralhada f (plural metralhadas)
- (weaponry) a volley/barrage of shots fired by a machine gun.
- Synonym: metralha
- (weaponry, by extension) a volley; a barrage (collection of shots fired by firearms in general).
- Synonym: saraivada
Participle
metralhada f sg
- feminine singular of metralhado
Further reading
- “metralhada”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “metralhada”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “metralhada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “metralhada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024