ceia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cẽa (“dinner (evening meal)”), from Latin cēna (“dinner (evening meal)”), from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-sna, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-. Compare Spanish cena.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐj.ɐ/, /ˈsej.ɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.a/
• Hyphenation: cei‧a

Noun

ceia f (plural ceias)

1. supper, evening meal

   Última Ceia ― Last Supper

   Ceia de Natal ― Christmas dinner

Usage notes

In most contexts jantar and janta have replaced ceia in the sense of evening meal. It is now associated with special occasions such as Christmas dinners or as a light meal taken after the jantar, usually after midnight.

Synonyms

• (evening meal): jantar, janta

Derived terms

• Última Ceia

Related terms

• cear

Verb

ceia

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of cear
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of cear

Further reading

• ceia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt