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Portuguese
Etymology
From saraiva (“hail”) + -ada.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧rai‧va‧da
- Rhymes: -vadɐ
Noun
saraivada f (plural saraivadas)
- a hail storm
- (weaponry, by extension) a volley; a barrage (series of weapon firings)
- Synonym: metralhada
- (figurative) a barrage; a profusion of events in quick succession.
- Synonym: profusão
Ela me disse uma saraivada de ofensas ontem à noite.- She bombarded me with insults last night.
Participle
saraivada f sg
- feminine singular of saraivado
Further reading
- “saraivada”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “saraivada”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “saraivada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “saraivada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024