peixada

Portuguese

Etymology

From peixe +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe(j)ˈʃa.dɐ/ [pe(ɪ̯)ˈʃa.dɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe(j)ˈʃa.da/ [pe(ɪ̯)ˈʃa.da]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐjˈʃa.dɐ/ [pɐjˈʃa.ðɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pejˈʃa.dɐ/ [pejˈʃa.ðɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pejˈʃa.dɐ/ [pejˈʃa.ðɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /peˈʃa.dɐ/ [peˈʃa.ðɐ]

Homophone: pechada

Noun

peixada f (plural peixadas)

(Brazil) a dish made with fish
(Brazil, slang) the special treatment given to someone in a competition or exam

Further reading

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