matéria
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin māteria. Doublet of madeira, which was inherited.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ma‧té‧ri‧a
Noun edit
matéria f (plural matérias)
- (physics) matter
- (education) subject
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 141:
- Creio que já tiveram cinco professores nesta matéria.
- I believe you already had five teachers on this subject.
- a specific subject within an educational subject
- a reportage, a journalistic article; a text communicating news
- Synonyms: reportagem, notícia
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:matéria.