mesada
Catalan
Etymology
mes + -ada
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /məˈza.də/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /meˈza.da/
Noun
mesada f (plural mesades)
- A period of time equivalent in length to a month.
- El setge de la ciutat va durar més de dues mesades.
- The siege of the city lasted for more than two months.
- An amount paid monthly.
- L'empresari deu dues mesades als treballadors.
- The owner owes the workers two months' pay.
Further reading
- “mesada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈza.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈza.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈza.dɐ/ [mɨˈza.ðɐ]
- Hyphenation: me‧sa‧da
Etymology 1
From mês (“month”) + -ada.
Noun
mesada f (plural mesadas)
- pocket money; allowance (money given to a child)
Etymology 2
From mesa (“table”) + -ada. Compare joelhada, pedrada, cotovelada.
Noun
mesada f (plural mesadas)
- the act of hitting somebody with a table
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈsada/ [meˈsa.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: me‧sa‧da
Etymology 1
From mes (“month”).
Noun
mesada f (plural mesadas)
- pocket money; allowance (money given to a child)
- (Puerto Rico) Severance pay owed to an employee not terminated for cause
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
mesada f sg
- feminine singular of mesado
Further reading
- “mesada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014