pechada
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pechada.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈʃa.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈʃa.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈʃa.dɐ/ [pɨˈʃa.ðɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈt͡ʃa.dɐ/ [pɨˈt͡ʃa.ðɐ]
- Homophone: peixada
- Rhymes: -adɐ
- Hyphenation: pe‧cha‧da
Noun
pechada f (plural pechadas)
Participle
pechada f sg
- (Rio Grande do Sul) feminine singular of pechado
Further reading
- “pechada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pechada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Alternative forms
- pechá (see there for examples)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈt͡ʃada/ [peˈt͡ʃa.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: pe‧cha‧da
Etymology 1
Noun
pechada f (uncountable) (colloquial)
- (Andalusia) a lot, plenty
- (Andalusia) pig-out
- (Canary Islands) steep slope, incline
- Synonym: cuesta
- (colloquial, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay) scrounge (act of scrounging)
- Synonym: sablazo
Etymology 2
Noun
pechada f (plural pechadas)
- (Canary Islands, Canarian Wrestling) push that one of the fighters gives with his trunk on that of his rival, throwing him backwards
- (Latin America) blow with the chest
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
pechada f sg
- feminine singular of pechado
Further reading
- “pechada”, 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
- “pechada”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010