peia
See also: peía
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese pea, from Vulgar Latin *pedea, from Latin pēdica.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
peia f (plural peias)
- fetter (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
- (figurative) fetter (anything that restricts or restrains)
- (Madeira) rope made of sheep's wool, which was tied to the ends of the rubber to rest on the forehead of the rubber driver who transported it (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (nautical, in the plural) nautical cables
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
peia
- inflection of peiar: