mesada
Catalan
Noun
mesada f (plural mesades)
- a period of time equivalent in length to a month
- El setge de la ciutat va durar més de dues mesades.
- The siege of the city lasted for more than two months.
- an amount paid monthly
- L'empresari deu dues mesades als treballadors.
- The owner owes the workers two months' pay.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mesada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈsada/ [meˈsa.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: me‧sa‧da
Noun
mesada f (plural mesadas)
- pocket money; allowance (money given to a child)
- (Puerto Rico) severance pay owed to an employee not terminated for cause
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- “mesada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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