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badalada

Portuguese, noun/ba.daˈla.dɐ/

badalada is spelled B-A-D-A-L-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Badalada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stroke; toll (of a bell etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of badalado.

What does badalada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininestroke; toll (of a bell etc.)

    Às onze baladas

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of badalado

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of badalado

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of badalada

  • badaladas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce badalada?

  • Brazil /ba.daˈla.dɐ/
  • Portugal /bɐ.dɐˈla.dɐ/
  • Portugal [bɐ.ðɐˈla.ðɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to badalada

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is badalada in Portuguese?

badalada appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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