correia

See also: Correia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese correa, from Latin corrigia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁej.ɐ/ [koˈheɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁej.ɐ/ [koˈheɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈʁej.ɐ/ [koˈχeɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁej.a/ [koˈheɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁe.ɐ/

Noun

correia f (plural correias)

1. a thin leather strip used to tie or bind
2. chain drive (transmission system)

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Korrea

Further reading

• “correia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913