redada

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1671. From redar +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reˈðaðɐ]

Noun

redada f (plural redadas)

1. catch (of fish)
2. haul (of fish)

Related terms

• enredar
• redar
• rede

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “redada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “redada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “redada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish redar

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 redada

From redar + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈdada/ [reˈð̞a.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: re‧da‧da

Noun

redada f (plural redadas)

1. catch (of fish)
2. haul (of fish)
3. raid (by police, military)

   Synonym: batida

   • 2023 February 10, Carlos S. Maldonado, “La Comandante Dos recupera la libertad”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 11 February 2023:

     No cesó de advertir de los riesgos que representaba la deriva autoritaria de Ortega, hasta que fue apresada en junio de 2021 en una redada digna de una película de acción: […]

     She did not stop warning about the risks posed by Ortega's authoritarian drift, until she was arrested in June 2021 in a raid worthy of an action movie: […]

Related terms

• red

Further reading

• “redada”, 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