cocheira

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese coche

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Latin -āria

Old Galician-Portuguese -eira

Portuguese -eira

Portuguese cocheira

From coche (“coach”) + -eira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʃe(j).ɾɐ/ [koˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʃe(j).ɾɐ/ [koˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʃe(j).ɾa/ [koˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈt͡ʃej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʃej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʃe.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: co‧chei‧ra

Noun

cocheira f (plural cocheiras)

1. stable (building where animals are lodged)

   Synonyms: cavalariça estábulo, estrebaria

2. trough (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals)

   Synonym: comedouro

3. female equivalent of cocheiro

Further reading

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