abaxada

Ladino

Alternative forms

• abashada, abashade (Aki Yerushalayim spelling)
• abachada (French orthography spelling)
• abaşada (Turkish orthography spelling)
• אבאשאדֿה, אבאשאדי (Hebrew orthography spelling)

Etymology

Feminine form of abaxado, from the past participle of abaxar (“to go down”).

Pronunciation

• (Oriental, Haketia) IPA^(key): /abaˈʃaða/
• (Occidental) IPA^(key): /abaˈʃada/
• (Jerusalem) IPA^(key): /abaˈʃaðæ/
• (Vidin, Ruse) IPA^(key): /abaˈʃaðɛ/
• (Sofia, Kyustendil, Pernik, Samokov) IPA^(key): /abaˈʃaðe/
• (Bucharest) IPA^(key): /abaˈʃadə/
• (Bitola, Pristina, Dupnitsa) IPA^(key): /abaˈʃade/

Noun

abaxada f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אבאשאדֿה, plural abaxadas)

1. (medicine) common cold

   Synonyms: abaxamiento, calada

   Está con abaxada. ― He has a cold.

2. (geomorphology) slope, descent, downward slope or declivity
3. setback, down, a negative aspect, pitfall

   En la vida ay abaxadas y suvidas. ― Life has ups and downs.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “descent”): suvida

Related terms

• abaxamentado
• abaxamiento
• abaxar
• abaxo

 

Participle

abaxada f sg

1. feminine singular of abaxado

References

• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN