nalgada

Portuguese

Etymology

From nalga (“buttock”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nawˈɡa.dɐ/ [naʊ̯ˈɡa.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nawˈɡa.dɐ/ [naʊ̯ˈɡa.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /nawˈɡa.da/ [naʊ̯ˈɡa.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nalˈɡa.dɐ/ [naɫˈɣa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: nal‧ga‧da

Noun

nalgada f (plural nalgadas)

1. (informal) a slap in the buttocks

Further reading

• “nalgada”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “nalgada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “nalgada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “nalgada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From nalga (“buttock”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nalˈɡada/ [nalˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: nal‧ga‧da

Noun

nalgada f (plural nalgadas)

1. spanking, a beating on the bottom
2. a hit received on the buttocks
3. a hit given with the buttocks
4. (archaic) a pig's ham leg

   Synonym: pernil

See also

• nalguear (“to spank”)

Further reading

• “nalgada”, 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