amurada

amurada

Portuguese

Noun

amurada f (plural amuradas)

1. (nautical) bulwark (the planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale)
   • 1965, Amália Rodrigues, “Fado Português”:

     O Fado nasceu um dia, / quando o vento mal bulia / e o céu o mar prolongava, / na amurada dum veleiro, / no peito dum marinheiro / que, estando triste, cantava.

     Fado was born one day, / when the wind was blowing hard / and the sky was extending the sea, / in the bulwark of a ship, / in the chest of a sailor / who, being sad, was singing.

Participle

amurada f sg

1. feminine singular of amurado

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amuˈɾada/ [a.muˈɾa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: a‧mu‧ra‧da

Noun

amurada f (plural amuradas)

1. (nautical) bulwark (the planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale)

Participle

amurada f sg

1. feminine singular of amurado

Further reading

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