cadeia

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Portuguese

cadeia

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadẽa, from Latin catēna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cadeia f (plural cadeias)

  1. chain (series of interconnected rings or links)
  2. 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?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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