cadera

From Vulgar Latin cathégra, from Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”).

cadera f (plural caderes)

1. hip

• kadera

Inherited from Spanish cadera, from Old Spanish cadera (which also meant "chair, throne"), from Vulgar Latin cathégra (attested in Pompeiian inscriptions), variant of Latin cathedra (“armchair”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈdeɾa/, [kaˈd̪e.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: ca‧de‧ra

cadera

1. (anatomy) hip

cadera

1. future of cader

• cadéra, (chair sense) cadeira

From Portuguese cadeira, from Old Galician-Portuguese cadeira, from Vulgar Latin *cathēgra, variant of Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”).

cadera

1. chair
2. sedan chair
3. (anatomy) lumbar region (the back at the kidney level)

   dói cadera ― (to have) lower back pain; kidney pain; pain in the buttocks

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988), “cadera”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 337

Inherited from Old Spanish cadera (“chair, throne”), from Vulgar Latin cathégra^[1][2] (attested in Pompeiian inscriptions), variant of Latin cathedra (“armchair”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of cátedra. Compare Portuguese cadeira (“chair”), Catalan cadira, Lombard and Piedmontese cadrega, Venetan carega, Modern Greek καρέκλα (karékla).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈdeɾa/ [kaˈð̞e.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧de‧ra

cadera f (plural caderas)

1. (anatomy) hip
2. (obsolete) chair

   Synonyms: silla f, asiento m

• Chavacano: kadera

• “cadera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025