grada

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grada, collective of gradus (step).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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grada f (plural grades)

  1. a wide step, especially one large enough to sit on; bleacher
  2. stairway
    Synonym: graderia
  3. (architecture) gradin, gradine
  4. (linguistics) tier
  5. (nautical) slipway
    Synonym: estepa

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Further reading

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Galician

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Verb

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grada

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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grada f

  1. singular definite of grad

Portuguese

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Adjective

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grada

  1. feminine singular of grado

Verb

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grada

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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From grad-a.

Verb

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a grada (third-person singular present gradează, past participle gradat) 1st conj.

  1. to grade

Conjugation

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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grada (Cyrillic spelling града)

  1. genitive singular of grad

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾada/ [ˈɡɾa.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: gra‧da

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish grada (a step of a staircase), derived from Old Spanish grado (a staircase, a rank) via a change in gender (compare Late Latin puncta, from punctus), inherited from Latin gradus (a step, pace; a step of a staircase; a rank), derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (to walk, go).

Noun

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grada f (plural gradas)

  1. step (of a staircase)
    Synonyms: escalón, peldaño
  2. (in the plural) stands, terraces (of a sports stadium)

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin cratis. Compare Portuguese grade, Italian grata. First attested ca. 1490 in Alonso Fernández de Palencia's Universal vocabulario en latín y romance.

Noun

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grada f (plural gradas)

  1. a sieve used to shred and flatten soil already ploughed
  2. the bars of a window in a convent

Etymology 3

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Verb

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grada

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

Further reading

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