bada

== Catalan == === Verb === bada inflection of badar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.da/ Rhymes: -ada Hyphenation: bà‧da === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from badare +‎ -a. ==== Noun ==== bada f (uncountable) (obsolete) expectation, waiting ===== Derived terms ===== stare a bada tenere a bada === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Portuguese bada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badak. ==== Alternative forms ==== abada ==== Noun ==== bada m or f by sense (masculine plural badi, feminine plural bade) (obsolete) rhinoceros Synonym: rinoceronte === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== bada inflection of badare: third-person singular present second-person singular imperative === Further reading === bada1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana bada2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Jamaican Creole == === Alternative forms === badda === Etymology === Derived from English bother. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.da/ === Verb === bada to bother, to worry === Further reading === bada at JamaicanPatwah.com bada at majstro.com == Latvian == === Noun === bada m genitive singular of bads == Lindu == === Noun === bada powder == Maranao == === Noun === bada width === Verb === bada to equalize ==== Derived terms ==== badabada == North Moluccan Malay == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay bedak. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [baˈda] Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: ba‧da === Noun === badá face powder == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === badene (of noun) badet (of verb) === Noun === bada n definite plural of bad === Verb === bada inflection of bade: simple past past participle == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === bada n definite plural of bad == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.da/ Rhymes: -ada Syllabification: ba‧da === Verb === bada third-person singular present of badać == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === abada === Etymology === Borrowed from Malay badak. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ba‧da === Noun === bada f (plural badas) (obsolete) synonym of rinoceronte ==== Descendants ==== → English: abada → Italian: bada → Italian: abada → Spanish: abada === References === === Further reading === “bada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Sidamo == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbada/ === Verb === bada (transitive) to separate === References === Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 36 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbada/ [ˈba.ð̞a] Rhymes: -ada Syllabification: ba‧da === Noun === bada f (plural badas) (obsolete) rhinoceros === Further reading === “bada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish badha, from Old Norse baða, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²bɑːda/ === Verb === bada (present badar, preterite badade, supine badat, imperative bada) to bathe (immerse oneself or someone else in water (or another liquid), for cleaning, recreation, etc. – see the usage notes below) Hur ofta badar ni badkar? ― How often do you take a bath? (literally, “How often do you bathe bathtub?”) "Hur ofta badar ni?" could also refer to going for a swim (see below), and so might be misunderstood depending on context bada badbalja ― have a bath in a baby bathtub (literally, “bathe bath tub”) a balja is normally a smaller tub compared to a kar and portable, like a plastic tub or dishpan Jag badar ungarna. ― I'm bathing the kids. to swim (when more idiomatic in English) Barnen älskar att bada i sjön på somrarna. ― The children love swimming in the lake in the summer. Jag badade nästan varje dag i somras. ― I went swimming almost every day this summer. Hänger du med till stranden och badar? ― Want to go swimming at the beach with us? (literally, “Are you coming along to the beach and bathing?”) (figuratively) to be bathed, to swim (be immersed in something, literally or figuratively) Han badade i svett. ― He was bathed in sweat. Scenen badade i blått ljus. ― The stage was bathed in blue light. Landet badar i pengar. ― The country is swimming in money. Jag gillar inte att deras pad thai badar i sås. ― I don't like that their pad thai is swimming in sauce. bada bastu ― take a sauna (literally, “bathe sauna [idiomatic]”) ==== Usage notes ==== To swim or otherwise spend time in the water for leisurely pleasure is idiomatically to bada (“bathe”) in Swedish. Simma (“swim”) puts more emphasis on the physical act of swimming, and so might imply for example swimming for exercise or a longer distance. Bada might be closest to how bathe might sometimes be used in British English. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bad ==== See also ==== dopp === References === bada in Svensk ordbok (SO) bada in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)