queda

See also: Queda, quedá, and quedà

Catalan

Verb

queda

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

Galician

Verb

queda

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.dɐ/

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

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

• Hyphenation: que‧da

• Audio (Brazil):

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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese caeda, from Vulgar Latin *cadeta (“a falling, drop”) feminine past participle of *cadescere, from Latin cadere. Compare Spanish caída.

Noun

queda f (plural quedas)

1. a fall

   O orgulho antecede a queda. ― Pride comes before a fall.

2. drop

   Houve uma queda de temperatura depois da chuva. ― There was a drop in temperature after the rain.

3. crash

   Como aconteceu a queda do avião? ― How did the plane crash come about?

4. talent, ability

   A garota não tinha queda para música. ― The girl lacked musical ability.

5. downfall, decay, decline
6. crush (an infatuation with somebody)

Derived terms

• queda d'água
• queda de cabelo
• queda da energia
• queda livre
• quedinha

Related terms

• cair
• caído

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

queda

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

Spanish

Etymology 1

Deverbal from quedar.

Noun

queda f (plural quedas)

1. curfew

Derived terms

• toque de queda

 

Etymology 2

Adjective

queda f

1. feminine singular of quedo

Etymology 3

Verb

queda

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

Further reading

• “quedo”, 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