ajuda

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʒu.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈd͡ʒu.ða]

• Audio (Valencia):

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ajuda f (plural ajudes)

1. help, assistance, aid

ajuda

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

Borrowed from Kupang Malay [Term?], from Portuguese ajuda (“help, assistance, aid”), from Old Galician-Portuguese ajuda, from ajudar (“to help; to aid”), from Latin adiūtāre (“to help”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒuda/ [aˈd͡ʒu.da]
• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: a‧ju‧da

ajuda (plural ajuda-ajuda)

1. (dialect, Kupang) assistant pastor serving in Catholic church services or Eucharistic celebrations (Mass)

• “ajuda”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Portuguese ajudar.

ajuda

1. to help
2. to assist

Compare Spanish ayuda, Italian aiuto and Portuguese ajuda.

• Audio (Béarn):

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• Audio (Languedoc):

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ajuda f (plural ajudas)

1. help, assistance

• aida (Limousin)
• ajua (Vivaro-alpine)

• ajudar

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Homophone: Ajuda
• Hyphenation: a‧ju‧da

From Old Galician-Portuguese ajuda, from ajudar (“to help; to aid”), from Latin adiūtāre (“to help”). Compare English aid, Spanish ayuda, Italian aiuto and Occitan ajuda.

ajuda f (plural ajudas)

1. (uncountable) help, assistance, aid

   Synonyms: apoio, assistência, suporte

   Quer ajuda? ― May I help you?

2. an act of helping or assisting
3. something which helps or assists

   Synonyms: assistência, suporte

4. (computing) helpfile

ajuda!

1. help (I/we desperately need assistance)

   Synonyms: (I) acudam-me!, (we) acudam-nos!, socorro!

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ajuda

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

• “ajuda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ajuda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026