levada

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English

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Noun

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levada (plural levadas)

  1. An irrigation channel or aqueduct specific to the Portuguese Atlantic region of Madeira.

Anagrams

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Galician

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Watermill with its levada

Etymology

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From agua levada (literally “conducted water”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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levada f (plural levadas)

  1. aqueduct or canal
    • 1447, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Domínguez (ed.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 572:
      "moiño do Cangado" "con toda sua casa e pedra e con todas suas levadas e presas e augas"
      "mill of the Cangado" "with all of its building and stone and ducts and dams and waters"
    Synonyms: cal, canle

Derived terms

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Participle

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levada f sg

  1. feminine singular of levado

References

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  • “levada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “levada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “levada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “levada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “levada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

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Adjective

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levada

  1. feminine singular of levado

Participle

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levada f sg

  1. feminine singular of levado

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leˈbada/ [leˈβ̞a.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: le‧va‧da

Participle

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levada f sg

  1. feminine singular of levado
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