jangada
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese jangada.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʒəŋˈɡɑdə/, /d͡ʒəŋˈɡɑdə/
=== Noun ===
jangada (plural jangadas)
A traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Portuguese jangada, from Malayalam ചങ്ങാടം (caṅṅāṭaṁ).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ʒəŋˈɡa.ðə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒaŋˈɡa.ða]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ʒaŋˈɡa.ða]
=== Noun ===
jangada f (plural jangades)
an improvised raft made from the wreckage of a sailing ship
jangada
==== Hypernyms ====
rai
=== Further reading ===
“jangada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
jangada f (plural jangadas)
jangada
=== Further reading ===
“jangada”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Malayalam ചങ്ങാടം (caṅṅāṭaṁ), from Sanskrit संघाट (saṃghāṭa).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: jan‧ga‧da
=== Noun ===
jangada f (plural jangadas)
raft (flat makeshift watercraft)
Synonym: balsa
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Catalan: jangada
→ English: jangada
→ Spanish: jangada
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“jangada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Portuguese jangada.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /xanˈɡada/ [xãŋˈɡa.ð̞a]
Rhymes: -ada
Syllabification: jan‧ga‧da
=== Noun ===
jangada f (plural jangadas)
a kind of sailing raft found in northern Brazil
=== Further reading ===
“jangada”, 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