aldeia
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese aldeia, aldea, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʿa, “village”). Cognate with Galician aldea, Asturian aldea, Mirandese aldé, Spanish aldea and Aragonese aldeya.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aldeia f (plural aldeias)
- village (small settlement)
- 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.
- (Brazil) in particular, a tribal village
Derived termsEdit
- aldeiazinha (diminutive)
Further readingEdit
- aldeia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt