cavada
Portuguese, verb
cavada is spelled C-A-V-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cavada is a Portuguese feminine verb meaning “feminine singular of cavado” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cavada mean in English?
verb
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femininefeminine singular of cavado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação de cavar 2. lavoura na que se move a terra para favorecer as culturas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is cavada in Portuguese?
cavada appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).