English

Noun

vada ‎(plural vadas)

1. A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.
   • 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic 2009, p. 204:

     I bought a tea and a potato vada, and sat under a banyan tree to eat.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sabir, ultimately from Italian vedere ‎(“to see”)^[1]

Verb

vada ‎(third-person singular simple present vadas, present participle vadaing, simple past and past participle vadaed)

1. (Polari) To look (at), to see
   • 1997, Ian Lucas, "The Color of His Eyes: Polari and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" in: Anna Livia, Kira Hall (editors), Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality, page 90

     Bona to vada you

   • 2002, Paul Baker, Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men, page 143:

     Vada well: zhooshed riah, the shyckle mauve, full slap, rouge for days, fake ogle riahs, fortuni cocktail and mother's fabest slingbacks.

   • 2004, Paul Baker, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang, page 1

     Oh vada well that omee-palone ajax who just trolled in - her with the cod lally-drags and the naff riah, dear.

References

1. ↑ Alan D. Corré, "Polari Words from Lingua Franca" in: A Glossary of Lingua Franca. 5th Edition, 2005

See also

• vada pav

Aragonese

Noun

vada f ‎(plural vadas)

1. strike (work stoppage)

Derived terms

• vada cheneral

Czech

Noun

vada f

1. defect

Declension

Related terms

• vadný
• závada

See also

• kaz
• nedostatek
• defekt

Italian

Verb

vada

1. first-person singular , second-person singular , and third-person singular present subjunctive of andare
2. third-person singular imperative of andare

Anagrams

• dava

Latin

Verb

vadā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of vadō

References

• VADA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vada in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Noun

vada m

1. genitive singular form of vads

Novial

Verb

vada ‎(past vadad, active participle vadant, passive participle vadat)

1. to go

Antonyms

• veni

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vaþa, from Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-.

Verb

vada ‎(present vadar, preterite vadade, supine vadat, imperative vada)

1. to wade; to walk through (deep) water
2. (generalized) to walk through anything which hampers one's progress

Conjugation

See also

• vadare
• vadarfågel