Polyglot Dictionary

joda

/ˈxoða/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Slang Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

plural
jodas

Meaning

  1. nuisance; teasing (vulgar, Latin America)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Latin American noun from «joder»: a hassle («qué joda») or, in Argentina and Colombia, a party or a joke («de joda» = as a joke). Vulgar but very common. Milder alternatives: «lata», «fastidio», «broma».

nounvulgar

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