parentada

Portuguese

Etymology

From parente +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾẽˈta.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾẽˈta.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾẽˈta.da/

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

• Rhymes: -adɐ

Noun

parentada f (plural parentadas)

1. (colloquial, humorous) the collective of one’s relatives, implying an excessive number of them.

Related terms

• parentela
• parentesco

Further reading

• “parentada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “parentada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025