alimária

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin animālia, plural of animal. Doublet of animal.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈma.ɾi.ɐ/ [a.liˈma.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.liˈma.ɾjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈma.ɾi.ɐ/ [a.liˈma.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.liˈma.ɾjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈma.ɾi.a/ [a.liˈma.ɾɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /a.liˈma.ɾja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈma.ɾjɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧má‧ri‧a

Noun

alimária f (plural alimárias)

1. beast, brute

Further reading

• “alimária”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alimária”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026