morada

English

Etymology

From Spanish morada.

Noun

morada (plural moradas)

1. a religious meeting hall associated with the Penitente Brotherhood of New Mexico

Anagrams

• Amador, Madora, armado, dorama

Asturian

Adjective

morada

1. feminine singular of moráu

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese morada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from morar (“to dwell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈɾaða̝/

Noun

morada f (plural moradas)

1. habitation, occupancy
2. dwelling, residence
3. stay, sojourn

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾaða̝/

Adjective

morada f sg

1. feminine singular of morado

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “morada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “morada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morada”, 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), “morada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From morar (“to live somewhere”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈɾa.dɐ/

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

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

Noun

morada f (plural moradas)

1. dwelling; residence

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:habitação

2. (by extension) address

   Synonym: endereço

   Escreva o seu nome e morada, por favor. ― Write your name and address, please.

Derived terms

• moradia

Participle

morada f sg

1. feminine singular of morado

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾada/ [moˈɾa.ð̞a]

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: mo‧ra‧da

Etymology 1

From morar +‎ -ada.

Noun

morada f (plural moradas)

1. abode, dwelling

   Synonym: domicilio

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 38:

     El Cuero es un monstruo que tiene su morada en el Bío-Bío.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. resting place

Related terms

• morar

 

Participle

morada f sg

1. feminine singular of morado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

morada

1. feminine singular of morado

Further reading

• “morada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10