passada
Portuguese, noun/paˈsa.dɐ/
passada is spelled P-A-S-S-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,337th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “step; footstep; pace (movement made from one foot to the other)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of passado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de dar um passo”.
What does passada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestep; footstep; pace (movement made from one foot to the other)
- 2
femininestep; pace (a unit distance roughly equivalent to the distance covered in a step)
- 3
femininestep; footstep (sound produced by stepping on the ground)
- 4
femininehop (quick visit)
- 5
femininepassing shot (shot that reaches the other side but out of the opponent’s reach)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of passado
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of passado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de dar um passo 2. movimento dos pés para andar 3. visita rápida 4. distância que é feita entre o ponto em que um pé se apoia no piso até o ponto à frente em que o outro pé se apoia quando se se locomove velozmente numa corrida
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.
Forms of passada
- passadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passada?
- Brazil /paˈsa.dɐ/
- Portugal /pɐˈsa.dɐ/
- Portugal [pɐˈsa.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 passada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is passada in Portuguese?
passada appears 72 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).