enxada

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *asciāta, from Latin ascia. Compare Galician aixada, Spanish azada, and Catalan aixada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃa.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃa.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃa.da/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃa.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʃa.dɐ/ [ẽˈʃa.ðɐ]

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Homophone: inchada
• Hyphenation: en‧xa‧da

Noun

enxada f (plural enxadas)

1. hoe (agricultural tool)

   Synonyms: (Mozambique) facholo, sachola

2. (figurative) work tool
3. (figurative) livelihood

   Synonyms: ganha-pão, ofício, profissão

Derived terms

• enxadada
• enxadar
• enxadinha

 

Descendants

• → Kadiwéu: ixaada

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

enxada

1. inflection of enxadar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “enxada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “enxada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• enxada on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt