saíra

See also: Saira, saira, säira, and sairá

Galician

Verb

saíra

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of saír
2. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of sair

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈi.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈi.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈi.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈi.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɾɐ
• Hyphenation: sa‧í‧ra

Etymology 1

Unknown. Many authors mention an Old Tupi borrowing, but no such term is attested.

Noun

saíra f (plural saíras, diminutive sairinha)

1. (Brazil) tanager, common name of various birds in the families Thraupidae and Emberizidae

   Synonym: saí

Usage notes

• The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always feminine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, saíra-macho for male and saíra-fêmea for female. Here, macho is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to macha if so.

Derived terms

• saíra-apunhalada
• saíra-beija-flor
• saíra-de-cara-suja
• saíra-de-chapéu-preto
• saíra-ferrugem
• saíra-militar
• saíra-sete-cores
• sairaçu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saíra

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of sair

Further reading

• “saíra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026