largada

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laʁˈɡa.dɐ/ [laɦˈɡa.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laʁˈɡa.dɐ/ [laɦˈɡa.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laɾˈɡa.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laʁˈɡa.dɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /laɻˈɡa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laʁˈɡa.da/ [laɦˈɡa.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐɾˈɡa.dɐ/ [lɐɾˈɣa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: lar‧ga‧da

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Italian largobor.

Portuguese largo

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese largar

Portuguese -ada

Portuguese largada

From largar + -ada.

Noun

largada f (plural largadas)

1. start of a race

Etymology 2

Participle

largada f sg

1. feminine singular of largado

Further reading

• “largada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish largar

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish largada

From largar + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɾˈɡada/ [laɾˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: lar‧ga‧da

Noun

largada f (plural largadas)

1. (Costa Rica, Cuba, Colombia, Andes Mountains, Southern Cone) start (of a race)
   1. (Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia, Southern Cone) starting line

Participle

largada f sg

1. feminine singular of largado

Further reading

• “largada”, 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