cernada

Galician

Alternative forms

• cenrada

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinerata, from cinis (“cold ashes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [θeɾˈnaðɐ]

Noun

cernada f (plural cernadas)

1. lye

   Synonyms: bogada, decoada, lixivia

2. laundry

   Synonym: bogada

3. cold ash

Derived terms

• Cernada
• Cernadas
• Cernadela
• Cernado

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cernada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cernada”, 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), “cernada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cernada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinerata, from Latin cinis (“cold ashes”). Cognate with Galician cernada, Galician cenrada, Portuguese cenrada, Italian cenerata

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈnada/ [θeɾˈna.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾˈnada/ [seɾˈna.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: cer‧na‧da

Noun

cernada f (plural cernadas)

1. (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) an alkaline solution (often made with lye or lime) in which maize grains have been cooked during nixtamalization; remaining liquid after nixtamalization
2. (rare) insoluble ash residue that remains after lye has been used for washing clothes

Further reading

• “cernada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “cernada” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010