peia

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpej.ɐ/ [ˈpeɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpej.a/ [ˈpeɪ̯.a]
 

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese pea, from Vulgar Latin *pedea, from Latin pēdica.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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peia f (plural peias)

  1. fetter (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
  2. (figurative) fetter (anything that restricts or restrains)
  3. (Madeira) rope made of sheep's wool, which was tied to the ends of the rubber to rest on the forehead of the rubber driver who transported it (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  4. (nautical, in the plural) nautical cables
Synonyms
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  • (fetter): trava
  • (anything that restricts or restrains in any way): grilhões

Etymology 2

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Verb

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peia

  1. inflection of peiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative