Pereira

See also: pereira

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pereira.

Proper noun

Pereira

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Pereira accounting

Galician

Etymology

At face value, from pereira (“pear tree”). Alternatively, from Medieval Latin petraria, from petra (“stone”) + -aria. For the evolution compare Pérez, a patronymical surname derived from Petrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾejɾa̝/

Proper noun

Pereira f

1. A name of a number of villages and parishes in Galicia.
2. a toponymical surname

References

• "Pereira" in Aquén, Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• "Pereira" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>

Portuguese

Etymology

From pereira (“pear tree”), or from a variant of pedreira (cf. Pero and Pedro). Compare Spanish Perera and Catalan Perer.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɾe(j).ɾɐ/ [peˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɾe(j).ɾa/ [peˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɾej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɾej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɾe.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ
• Homophone: pereira
• Hyphenation: Pe‧rei‧ra

Proper noun

Pereira m or f by sense

1. a surname

Spanish

Etymology

Named after Francisco Pereira Martínez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾeiɾa/ [peˈɾei̯.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eiɾa
• Syllabification: Pe‧rei‧ra

Proper noun

Pereira

1. the capital city of Antioquia department, Colombia