aldeia

Portuguese

Piódão, Portugal

Etymology

From Old Portuguese aldeia, aldea, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة‎ (aḍ-ḍayʿa, “village”). Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish aldea, Mirandese aldé and Aragonese aldeya.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈdej.ɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈdej.ɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈdej.a/ [aʊ̯ˈdeɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈdɐj.ɐ/ [aɫˈdɐj.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈdɐj.ɐ/ [aɫˈdɐj.ɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈdej.ɐ/ [aɫˈdej.ɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈde.ɐ/ [aɫˈde.ɐ]

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• Hyphenation: al‧dei‧a

Noun

aldeia f (plural aldeias)

1. village (small settlement)

   Synonyms: povoado, vila

   Coordinate terms: arraial, cidade

   • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia‎^[1]:

     Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.

     Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.

2. (Brazil) in particular, a tribal village

Derived terms

• aldeado
• aldeamento
• aldeão
• aldear
• aldeiazinha (diminutive)

 

Further reading

• aldeia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt