foda

Back-formation from foder (“to fuck”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoðɐ]

foda f (plural fodas)

1. (vulgar) trouble; setback

   Synonym: amoladura

• foder

foda

1. inflection of foder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “foda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “foda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “foda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Proto-Germanic *fōdô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Cognate with Old Norse fœða (Danish føde, Swedish föda, Icelandic fæða).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoː.dɑ/
• Rhymes: -oː.dɑ

fōda m

1. food
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"

     Þā ġeseah hēo þæt cild licgan on binne, ðǣr sē oxa and sē assa ġewunelīce fōdan sēcað.

     Then saw she the child lying in the bin, where the ox and the ass usually seek food.

Weak:

• mete
• æte

• fēdan
• fōdor

• Middle English: fode, fude
  • English: food
  • Scots: fuid, fude

• f*da (censored)
• fd (text messaging)
• phoda (filter-avoidance)

Deverbal from foder.

• Rhymes: -ɔdɐ
• Hyphenation: fo‧da

foda f (plural fodas)

1. (vulgar) fuck (an act of sexual intercourse)

   Synonym: (Brazil) transa

2. (Minho, cooking) Lamb roasted in a wood-fired oven in a traditional oval clay dish, usually served with rice.

foda m or f (plural fodas, comparable, comparative mais foda, superlative o mais foda or fodíssimo, diminutive fodinha, augmentative fodão)

1. (Brazil, slang, mildly vulgar) awesome; amazing; cool

   Esse cara é foda ― This guy is awesome

2. (Brazil, slang, mildly vulgar) bad, annoying
3. (Brazil, slang, mildly vulgar) difficult

Because of its contradictory nature, it's common to hear the question "foda de bom ou foda de ruim?" when the sense is not clear by context.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -odɐ
• Hyphenation: fo‧da

foda

1. inflection of foder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “foda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “foda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026