deixa

See also: deixá and deixà

Catalan

Verb

deixa

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

Galician

Verb

deixa

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde(j).ʃɐ/ [ˈde(ɪ̯).ʃɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐj.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐj.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdej.ʃɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdej.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde.ʃɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: dei‧xa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from deixar (“to leave; to allow”).

Alternative forms

• deyxa (obsolete)

Noun

deixa f (plural deixas)

1. cue (action or event that is a signal to do something)
2. (hydrology) floodplain (plain surrounding a river that experiences periodical flooding)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

deixa

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

Further reading

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