meia-lua

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/ [ˈmeɪ̯.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: mei‧a‧-lu‧a

Noun

meia-lua f (plural meias-luas)

1. half-moon (the moon in its first or last quarter)
2. half-moon (anything shaped like a crescent)

Further reading

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