levada

English

Noun

levada (plural levadas)

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

Anagrams

Galician

Watermill with its levada

Etymology

From agua levada (literally conducted water).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈβaða̝/

Noun

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

  • Augalevada
  • Levada

Participle

levada f sg

  1. feminine singular of levado

References

  • 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

Adjective

levada

  1. feminine singular of levado

Participle

levada f sg

  1. feminine singular of levado

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Participle

levada f sg

  1. feminine singular of levado
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