cadeia

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Portuguese[edit]

cadeia

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadẽa, from Latin catēna. Compare Galician cadea, Spanish cadena, and English chain. Doublet of the direct borrowing catena.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈdej.ɐ/ [kaˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈdej.a/ [kaˈdeɪ̯.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈdɐj.ɐ/ [kɐˈðɐj.ɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈdej.ɐ/ [kɐˈðej.ɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈdej.ɐ/ [kɐˈðej.ɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈde.ɐ/ [kɐˈðe.ɐ]

Hyphenation: ca‧dei‧a

Noun[edit]

cadeia f (plural cadeias)

chain (series of interconnected rings or links)
prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
Synonym: prisão
- 2019 May 22, Glenn Greenwald, quoting Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “Glenn Greenwald entrevista Lula: ‘Bolsonaro é a velha política, eu sou a nova’”, in The Intercept‎^[1]:
  Então, veja, para ficar muito claro, eu acho que se alguém roubar deve ir para a cadeia sendo do PT ou não sendo do PT, sendo católico ou evangélico, sabe?
  Listen, let me be crystal clear: I think if someone steals, they should go to jail, whether they’re PT or not, whether they’re Catholic or evangelical, you know?
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Further reading[edit]

cadeia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

cadeia

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

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