niñada

Galician

Alternative forms

• ninhada (reintegrationist)
• niada

Etymology

From niño (“nest”) +‎ -ada. Compare Portuguese ninhada and Spanish nidada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈɲada/ [nĩˈɲa.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: ni‧ña‧da

Noun

niñada f (plural niñadas)

1. litter, brood

   Synonyms: camada, leitugada, rolada

2. clutch

   Synonym: rolada

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “niñada”, 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), “niñada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “niñada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Noun

niñada f (plural niñadas)

1. childish act
2. child's play

Further reading

• “niñada”, 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