jornada

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta. Documented from 1283–5. By surface analysis, jorn +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ʒurˈna.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒorˈna.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒoɾˈna.ða]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ʒorˈna.ða]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

jornada f (plural jornades)

1. day
2. day's walk
3. (work) shift

Derived terms

• doble jornada
• jornada de portes obertes
• jornada diària
• jornada escolar
• jornada intensiva
• jornada laboral
• jornada nocturna
• jornada partida
• jornada plena

See also

• dia

References

• “jornada”, 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
• “jornada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “jornada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• jurnada (Limousin)
• jornaa (Vivaro-Alpine)

Etymology

From Old Occitan jornada, inherited from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta. Derivable from jorn +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• (Limousin) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒurˈnadɔ/, IPA^(key): /d͡zurˈnadɔ/.

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

jornada f (plural jornadas)

1. day, the period of one day

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan jornada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoɾˈnada/

Noun

jornada f

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Descendants

• Galician: xornada
• Portuguese: jornada

References

• Universos Cantigas

Old Occitan

Etymology

inherited from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta. Derivable from jorn +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoɾˈnada/

Noun

jornada f (oblique plural jornadas, nominative singular jornada, nominative plural jornadas)

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Descendants

• Occitan: jornada
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: jornada
  • Galician: xornada
  • Portuguese: jornada
• → Old Spanish: jornada
  • Spanish: jornada

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “diurnum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 103

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan jornada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒoɾˈnada/

Noun

jornada f

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Descendants

• Spanish: jornada

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “jornada”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 525

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Occitan jornadabor.

Old Galician-Portuguese jornada

Portuguese jornada

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese jornada, borrowed from Old Occitan jornada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoʁˈna.dɐ/ [ʒoɦˈna.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoʁˈna.dɐ/ [ʒoɦˈna.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒoɾˈna.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒoʁˈna.dɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʒoɻˈna.dɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuɾˈna.dɐ/ [ʒuɾˈna.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuɾˈna.dɐ/ [ʒuɾˈna.ðɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuɾˈna.dɐ/

• Hyphenation: jor‧na‧da

Noun

jornada f (plural jornadas)

1. journey; voyage (a long trip)

   Synonym: viagem

2. a day’s travelling
3. a day’s work

Further reading

• “jornada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish jornada, borrowed from Old Occitan jornada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoɾˈnada/ [xoɾˈna.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: jor‧na‧da

Noun

jornada f (plural jornadas)

1. day (mostly restricted to certain contexts)

   Synonym: día

   jornada laboral ― working day

   jornada escolar ― schoolday

2. working day

   Synonyms: jornada laboral, jornada de trabajo

3. short hike or journey
4. day trip (especially a trip that must be completed in one day, for example due to lack of water en route)
5. arduous trail
6. act of a play

Derived terms

• al cabo de la jornada
• al fin de la jornada
• jornada de puertas abiertas
• jornada de reflexión
• jornada de trabajo (“working day”)
• jornada electoral
• jornada laboral
• jornadas f pl (“congress; conference”)

Related terms

• paraje

Further reading

• “jornada”, 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