lavadeira

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [lɐ.vɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [lɐ.vɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.bɐˈdej.ɾɐ/ [lɐ.βɐˈðej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈdej.ɾɐ/ [lɐ.vɐˈðej.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈde.ɾɐ/ [lɐ.vɐˈðe.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: la‧va‧dei‧ra

Noun

lavadeira f (plural lavadeiras)

1. laundress, washerwoman
2. dragonfly

   Synonym: libélula

Further reading

• “lavadeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026