metralhada

Portuguese

Etymology

From metralha +‎ -ada, or from metralhar +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.tɾaˈʎa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.tɾaˈʎa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.tɾaˈʎa.da/

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

• Hyphenation: me‧tra‧lha‧da
• Rhymes: -ʎadɐ

Noun

metralhada f (plural metralhadas)

1. (weaponry) a volley/barrage of shots fired by a machine gun.

   Synonym: metralha

   1. (weaponry, by extension) a volley; a barrage (collection of shots fired by firearms in general).

      Synonym: saraivada

Participle

metralhada f sg

1. feminine singular of metralhado

Further reading

• “metralhada”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “metralhada”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “metralhada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “metralhada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024