pedalada

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Catalan

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Noun

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pedalada f (plural pedalades)

  1. pedaling
    Synonym: pedaleig

Participle

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pedalada f sg

  1. feminine singular of pedalat

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Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: pe‧da‧la‧da

Etymology 1

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From pedal +‎ -ada.

Noun

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pedalada f (plural pedaladas)

  1. pedal stroke
  2. (figuratively) energy, dynamism; momentum
    • 2016 January 13, Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues, “Wall Street cai mais de 2%”, in Expresso[1]:
      A sessão norte-americana desta quarta-feira trouxe duas surpresas. As bolsas de Nova Iorque mergulharam no vermelho e as da Europa perderam a pedalada da manhã.
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  3. (soccer) step over (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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pedalada f sg

  1. feminine singular of pedalado

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From pedal +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pedaˈlada/ [pe.ð̞aˈla.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: pe‧da‧la‧da

Noun

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pedalada f (plural pedaladas)

  1. pedal stroke
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