grada

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grada, collective of gradus (“step”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

grada f (plural grades)

1. a wide step, especially one large enough to sit on; bleacher
2. stairway

   Synonym: graderia

3. (architecture) gradin, gradine
4. (linguistics) tier
5. (nautical) slipway

   Synonym: estepa

Further reading

• “grada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Verb

grada

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

Noun

grada f

1. definite singular of grad

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -adɐ

Adjective

grada

1. feminine singular of grado

Verb

grada

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

Etymology

From grad +‎ -a.

Verb

a grada (third-person singular present gradează, past participle gradat) 1st conjugation

1. to grade

Noun

grada (Cyrillic spelling града)

1. genitive singular of grad

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾada/ [ˈɡɾa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: gra‧da

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish grada (“a step of a staircase”), derived from Old Spanish grado (“a staircase, a rank”) via a change in gender (compare Late Latin puncta, from punctus), inherited from Latin gradus (“a step, pace; a step of a staircase; a rank”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin cratis. Compare Portuguese grade, Italian grata. First attested ca. 1490 in Alonso Fernández de Palencia's Universal vocabulario en latín y romance.

Etymology 3

Further reading

• “grada”, 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
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “grada”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 188