aldeia

Portuguese

Piódão, Portugal

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aɫ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/, /aɫ.ˈdej.ɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ˈdej.ɐ/
• 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

• aldeiazinha (diminutive)

• aldeado
• aldeamento
• aldeão
• aldear

 

Further reading

• aldeia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt