peita

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.tɐ/ [ˈpeɪ̯.tɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐj.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐj.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.tɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.tɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ejtɐ, -ɐjtɐ
• Hyphenation: pei‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin pāctus.

Alternative forms

• peito

Noun

peita f (plural peitas)

1. gift or promise for the purpose of bribing; bribery
2. (historical) tribute paid by those who were not nobles

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Latin pectus

Old Galician-Portuguese peito

Portuguese peito

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Latin -am

Old Galician-Portuguese -a

Portuguese -a

Portuguese peita

From peito (“chest”) + -a (forms feminine nouns).

Noun

peita f (plural peitas)

1. (Brazil, slang) T-shirt

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

peita

1. inflection of peitar (“to stand up against”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

peita

1. inflection of peitar (“to bribe”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Uneapa

Etymology

From earlier paita < *piata, from Proto-Oceanic *puia ta (“the good one”), from *puia (“good”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peita/

Adjective

peita

1. good

   Synonym: paita

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 369