moina
See also: moină
Finnish edit
Noun edit
moina
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Occitan amoinà (“to beg”), from Latin eleemosyna (“alms”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moina m (plural moinas)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “moina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “moina” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “moina” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain.
Noun edit
moina f (plural moine) (usually in the plural)
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- móina (oboslete)
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: moi‧na
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain, possibly from Occitan amoinà (“to beg”) or French moine. Compare Galician moina.
Noun edit
moina m or f by sense (plural moinas)
- (Portugal) beggar
- (Portugal, informal) police officer
- (Portugal, derogatory, dated) rascal, trickster
- (Porto) car guard (informally employed person in charge of finding parking spots for cars)
- Synonyms: (Portugal) arrumador, (Brazil) flanelinha
- (Beira, Trás-os-Montes) loafer, idler
Noun edit
moina f (plural moinas)
- (Portugal, informal) police
- (Beira, Trás-os-Montes) loitering
- (Beira, Trás-os-Montes) laziness
- Synonym: preguiça
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
moina
- inflection of moinar:
Further reading edit
- “moina” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “móina” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “móina” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “moina” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “moina” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “moina” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From moină.
Verb edit
a moina (third-person singular present [please provide], past participle moinat) 1st conj.
- to thaw
Conjugation edit
conjugation of moina (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive | a moina | ||||||
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gerund | moinând | ||||||
past participle | moinat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | moin | moini | moină | moinăm | moinați | moină | |
imperfect | moinam | moinai | moina | moinam | moinați | moinau | |
simple perfect | moinai | moinași | moină | moinarăm | moinarăți | moinară | |
pluperfect | moinasem | moinaseși | moinase | moinaserăm | moinaserăți | moinaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să moin | să moini | să moine | să moinăm | să moinați | să moine | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | moină | moinați | |||||
negative | nu moina | nu moinați |