tarefa

English

Noun

tarefa (plural tarefas)

1. (historical) The amount of sugar cane that a slave was expected to cut in one day.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈɾɛfa/ [t̪aˈɾɛ.fɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛfa
• Hyphenation: ta‧re‧fa

Noun

tarefa f (plural tarefas)

1. chore, task

Further reading

• “tarefa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Arabic طَرِيحَة (ṭarīḥa, “endeavor”), from the Classical Arabic root طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Cognate with Galician tarefa and Spanish tarea.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɾɛ.fɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɾɛ.fɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɾɛ.fa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈɾɛ.fɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (most dialects) -ɛfɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɛfa
• Hyphenation: ta‧re‧fa

Noun

tarefa f (plural tarefas)

1. job, task

   Tarefa apressada, tarefa estragada.

   Rushed task, ruined task.

2. burden, chore
3. (computing) job
4. (Brazil) clipping of tarefa de casa (“homework”)

   Estou fazendo minha tarefa.

   I am doing my homework.

5. (regional) vessel where oil and rose water flow from the fields (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Synonyms

• (job): emprego, trabalho
• (homework): dever de casa, lição de casa

Derived terms

• atarefar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tarefa. Doublet of tarea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈɾefa/ [t̪aˈɾe.fa]
• Rhymes: -efa
• Syllabification: ta‧re‧fa

Noun

tarefa f (plural tarefas)

1. (Argentina, chiefly Northeastern Argentina) harvest of yerba mate leaves