fogueira

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fogueira, fogueyra, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *focāria, from focārius (“of a hearth”), from Latin focus (“(controlled) fire”). Compare Portuguese fogueira and Spanish hoguera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [foˈɣei̯ɾɐ]

Noun

fogueira f (plural fogueiras)

1. bonfire

   Synonyms: cacheira, cachela, cacharela, lumarada

2. school (group of fish)

   Synonym: cardume

Related terms

• fogo

References

• “fogueira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “fogueyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “fogueira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fogueira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fogueira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fogueira, fogueyra, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *focāria, from focārius ("of a hearth"), from Latin focus (“(controlled) fire”). Compare Spanish hoguera.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ejɾɐ

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/ [fuˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/ [fuˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɡej.ɾɐ/ [fuˈɣej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɡej.ɾɐ/ [fuˈɣej.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɡe.ɾɐ/ [fuˈɣe.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: fo‧guei‧ra

Noun

fogueira f (plural fogueiras)

1. blaze
2. bonfire
3. stake (post one is bound to for execution, usually by burning)

Related terms

• fogo