sexta-feira

See also: sexta feira

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin fēriaebf.

Latin fēria

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱstos

Proto-Italic *sekstos

Latin sexta

Ecclesiastical Latin sexta fērialbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese sesta feira

Portuguese sexta-feira

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sesta feira (“Friday”), a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin sexta fēria (“Friday”, literally “sixth weekday”), from Latin fēria + sexta, literally “sixth weekday”. displaced earlier vernes. Compare Galician sexta feira (“Friday”), Mirandese sesta-feira (“Friday”), Asturian estaferia and Spanish sextaferia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌses.tɐˈfe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˌses.tɐˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌses.tɐˈfe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˌses.tɐˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌseʃ.tɐˈfe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˌseʃ.tɐˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌses.taˈfe(j).ɾa/ [ˌses.taˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsɐjʃ.tɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsɐjʃ.tɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsejʃ.tɐˈfej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsejʃ.tɐˈfej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌseʃ.tɐˈfe.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: sex‧ta‧-fei‧ra

Noun

sexta-feira f (plural sextas-feiras)

1. Friday (day of the week)

   Synonym: sexta

Adverb

sexta-feira (not comparable)

1. Friday (on a Friday)

   Synonym: sexta

Derived terms

• Sexta-Feira Negra
• Sexta-Feira Santa

Descendants

• ⇒ Tetum: loron-sesta

See also

• days of the week (appendix): dias da semana · domingo · segunda-feira · terça-feira · quarta-feira · quinta-feira · sexta-feira · sábado ^[edit]

Further reading

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