areia

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese areia.

Noun

areia

1. sand

Portuguese

areia

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arẽa, from Latin arēna (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). Doublet of arena.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾej.ɐ/ [aˈɾeɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾej.ɐ/ [aˈɾeɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾej.a/ [aˈɾeɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾe.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧rei‧a

Noun

areia f (plural areias)

1. sand (finely ground rock)

Related terms

• areado
• areal
• arear
• arena
• arenoso
• arisco

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: reia
• Kabuverdianu: areia

Further reading

• “areia” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “areia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Etymology 2

Verb

areia

1. inflection of arear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative