sereia
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese serẽa, from Late Latin sirēna, from Latin Sīrēn (“siren”), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: se‧rei‧a
Noun edit
sereia f (plural sereias, masculine sereio, masculine plural sereios)
- mermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)
- (figurative) an attractive woman