chefia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈfi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈfi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈfi.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɨˈfi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɨˈfi.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɨˈfi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: che‧fi‧a

Etymology 1

From chefe +‎ -ia.

Noun

chefia f (plural chefias)

1. chiefdom, leadership, government

Etymology 2

Verb

chefia

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

Further reading

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