ajuda

See also: ajudà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʒu.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈd͡ʒu.ða]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Noun

ajuda f (plural ajudes)

1. help, assistance, aid

Etymology 2

Verb

ajuda

1. inflection of ajudar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese ajudar.

Verb

ajuda

1. to help
2. to assist

Occitan

Etymology

Compare Spanish ayuda, Italian aiuto and Portuguese ajuda.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Noun

ajuda f (plural ajudas)

1. help, assistance

Dialectal variants

• aida (Limousin)
• ajua (Vivaro-alpine)

Related terms

• ajudar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒu.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒu.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒu.da/

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

• Hyphenation: a‧ju‧da

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ajuda, from ajudar (“to help; to aid”), from Latin adiūtāre (“to help”). Compare English aid, Spanish ayuda, Italian aiuto and Occitan ajuda.

Noun

ajuda f (plural ajudas)

1. (uncountable) help, assistance, aid

   Synonyms: apoio, assistência, suporte

   Quer ajuda? ― May I help you?

2. an act of helping or assisting
3. something which helps or assists

   Synonyms: assistência, suporte

4. (computing) helpfile

Related terms

• ajudadeira
• ajudado
• ajudador
• ajudante
• ajudar

Interjection

ajuda!

1. help (I/we desperately need assistance)

   Synonyms: (I) acudam-me!, (we) acudam-nos!, socorro!

Etymology 2

Verb

ajuda

1. inflection of ajudar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative