regueifa

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician regueifa or Old Galician-Portuguese regueifa, from Arabic رَغَائِف (raḡāʔif). Cf. inherited medieval regueffa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɣei̯fa/ [reˈɣei̯.fa]
• Rhymes: -ei̯fa
• Syllabification: re‧guei‧fa

Noun

regueifa f (plural regueifes)

1. wedding cake
2. (Western, colloquial, in the plural) buttocks

References

• “regueifa”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “regueifa”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Galician

Woman carrying a regueifa on her head

Etymology

Etymology tree

Aramaic *רְעִיפְתׇּא (rəʿīp̄tā)bor.

Arabic رَغِيف (raḡīf)

Arabic رَغَائِف (raḡāʔif)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese regueifa

Galician regueifa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese regueifa, from Arabic رَغَائِف (raḡāʔif), plural of رَغِيفَة (raḡīfa, “loaf”), colloquial variant of رَغِيف (raḡīf, “loaf”). Cognate with Portuguese regueifa and Spanish regaifa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /reˈɡejfa/ [reˈɣ̞ej.fɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /reˈɡejfa/ [reˈɣ̞ej.fɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /reˈħejfa/ [reˈħej.fɐ]

• Rhymes: -ejfa
• Hyphenation: re‧guei‧fa

Noun

regueifa f (plural regueifas)

1. traditional wedding cake
2. improvisation contest (initially held for gaining the cake)

   Coordinate term: parrafeo

3. (dated) large loaf of wheat bread
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Christobo:
     Eu cortarey o molete.
     Cathalina:
     Tomà vos essa rigeyfa,
     porque tamen e pantrigo.

     Christobo:
     "I'll cut the muffin"
     Cathalina:
     "Take that loaf,
     because it is also wheat bread"

Derived terms

• regueifeiro

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “regueifa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “regueifa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “regueifa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• regueyfa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Aramaic *רְעִיפְתׇּא (rəʿīp̄tā)bor.

Arabic رَغِيف (raḡīf)

Arabic رَغَائِف (raḡāʔif)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese regueifa

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic رَغِيفَة (raḡīfa, “loaf”), colloquial variant of رَغِيف (raḡīf, “loaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɡejfa/
• Rhymes: -ejfa
• Hyphenation: re‧guei‧fa

Noun

regueifa f (plural regueifas)

1. large loaf of bread

   Hypernym: pan

   • 1389, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 408:

     cada dia de natal darnos edes huna boa regueyfa de trigo et duas boas galynas

     each Christmas day you'll give to us a good loaf of wheat and two good hens

Descendants

• Galician: regueifa
• Portuguese: regueifa
• → Asturian: regueifa

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “regueifa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “regueifa”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Aramaic *רְעִיפְתׇּא (rəʿīp̄tā)bor.

Arabic رَغِيف (raḡīf)

Arabic رَغَائِف (raḡāʔif)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese regueifa

Portuguese regueifa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese regueifa, from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic رَغِيفَة (raḡīfa, “loaf”), colloquial variant of رَغِيف (raḡīf, “loaf”). Cognate with Galician regueifa and Spanish regaifa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡej.fɐ/ [heˈɡeɪ̯.fɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡej.fɐ/ [heˈɡeɪ̯.fɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡej.fɐ/ [χeˈɡeɪ̯.fɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡɐj.fɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣɐj.fɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡɐj.fɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣɐj.fɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡej.fɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣej.fɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡej.fɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣej.fɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡe.fɐ/

• Hyphenation: re‧guei‧fa

Noun

regueifa f (plural regueifas)

1. a pastry of fine flour, kolach

Further reading

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