gansada

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish ganso

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish gansada

From ganso + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡanˈsada/ [ɡãnˈsa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: gan‧sa‧da

Noun

gansada f (plural gansadas)

1. stupid action
2. carp; joke

Further reading

• “gansada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026