This is the 10448th most frequent Portuguese word.
falada
"Falada" means "spoken" in English.
Here, 'faladas' refers to languages that are spoken by a significant number of people. It is the participle form of 'falar' used as an adjective describing languages.
A língua portuguesa é uma das mais faladas no mundo.
The Portuguese language is one of the most spoken in the world.
In this case, 'falada' refers to an idea that was spoken or mentioned during the meeting, emphasizing the participle as an adjective to describe something communicated verbally.
Na reunião, a ideia falada causou uma grande discussão.
In the meeting, the mentioned idea caused a big discussion.
Here, 'falada' indicates the action of a story being narrated orally by someone, in this case, the grandmother. It's a descriptive use derived from the verb 'falar'.