véia

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛj.ɐ/ [ˈvɛɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛj.a/ [ˈvɛɪ̯.a]

Adjective edit

véia

feminine of véio

Noun edit

véia f (plural véias, masculine véio, masculine plural véios)

Eye dialect spelling of velha, representing Brazil Portuguese.

Usage notes edit

According to the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990, the word should be spelled "veia" instead. In practice, this hardly occurs due to easy confusion between it and veia as in vein.