Spanish word

cada

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈkaða/

Meaning

  • adjectiveeach

Example

Ahora, cada grupo presentará su trabajo.

Now, each group will present its work.

Illustration for cada (each)

More examples

Cada día practico conversación durante 30 minutos.

Each day I practice conversation for 30 minutes.

Core concept

A small tag attached to each item in a row.

Common phrases

  • cada día

    each day

  • cada semana

    each week

Similar words

todo: Everything that makes up a group taken as a whole, the totality.
individual: An individual member or unit treated independently from others.

Definition in Spanish

Acompaña a un sustantivo en singular para señalar que lo referido afecta a cada elemento individual de un conjunto y que también puede expresar periodicidad.

Word origin

The Spanish word cada continues an ancient distributive element from Iberian Romance preserved in Old Spanish and now functions as a determiner assigning one unit to each member of a set.

Usage tips

  • Cada always appears before a singular noun (cada persona, not *cada personas), forms a pronoun as cada uno/cada una, and commonly translates as every in time expressions while rates use por cada.

Other meanings

  • everyadjective

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