jornada

jornada

Catalan

Etymology

Old Catalan jornada, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Latin diurnus. By surface analysis, jorn +‎ -ada. Compare Occitan jornada, French journée.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ʒoɾˈna.də/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ʒurˈna.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoɾˈna.da/

Noun

jornada f (plural jornades)

1. day
2. day's walk

See also

• dia

References

• “jornada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “jornada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “jornada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “jornada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Occitan

Etymology

From jorn (“day”). From Latin diurnum. Cognate with Catalan jornada, Spanish jornada, Italian giornata, French journée.

Pronunciation

• (Limousin) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒurnaˈdɔ/, IPA^(key): /d͡zurnaˈdɔ/.

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Noun

jornada f (plural jornadas)

1. (Limousin) day, the period of one day

Alternative forms

• jurnada (Limousin)
• jornaa (Vivaro-Alpine)
• dia (Gascony)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan jornada, from Medieval Latin diurnāta (“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus (“daily”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoʁˈna.dɐ/ [ʒoɦˈna.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoʁˈna.dɐ/ [ʒoɦˈna.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒoɾˈna.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒoʁˈna.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoɻˈna.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuɾˈna.dɐ/ [ʒuɾˈna.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: jor‧na‧da

Noun

jornada f (plural jornadas)

1. journey; voyage (a long trip)

   Synonym: viagem

2. a day’s travelling
3. a day’s work

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Spanish

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Old Occitan jornada, from Medieval Latin diurnata (“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus (“daily”). Compare French journée, Italian giornata, English journey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoɾˈnada/ [xoɾˈna.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: jor‧na‧da

Noun

jornada f (plural jornadas)

1. day

   Synonym: día

2. working day

   Synonym: jornada de trabajo

3. short hike or journey
4. day trip (especially a trip that must be completed in one day, for example due to lack of water en route)
5. arduous trail

Derived terms

• jornada de reflexión
• jornada de trabajo (“working day”)
• jornada electoral
• jornadas f pl (“congress; conference”)

 

Related terms

• paraje

Further reading

• “jornada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014