pernada
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pernada f (plural pernades)
Related terms
Further reading
- “pernada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Portuguese
Etymology
From perna + -ada, literally “leg thrust”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /peʁˈna.dɐ/ [peɦˈna.dɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /peɾˈna.dɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peʁˈna.dɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /peɻˈna.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peʁˈna.da/ [peɦˈna.da]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨɾˈna.dɐ/ [pɨɾˈna.ðɐ]
- Hyphenation: per‧na‧da
Noun
pernada f (plural pernadas)
Usage notes
- Often used to refer to swimming kicks. Also used in the context of capoeira.
Further reading
- “pernada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pernada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Noun
pernada f (plural pernadas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pernada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025