praia
See also: Praia
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician-Portuguese praya, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“tract, region”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
praia f (plural praias)
- beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)
Further readingEdit
- “praia” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- praya (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician-Portuguese praya, from Late Latin plagia,[1][2] from Latin plaga (“tract, region”).[3]
Cognate with Galician praia, Spanish playa, Catalan platja, Occitan plaja, French plage and Italian spiaggia.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ajɐ
- Hyphenation: prai‧a
NounEdit
praia f (plural praias)
- beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)
- 1572, Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas, First Canto:
- Mas os Mouros que andauão pela praya, / Por lhe defender a agoa deſejada, / Hum de eſcudo embarcado, & de azagaya, / Outro de arco encuruado, & ſeta eruada: […]
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SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “praia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- ^ “praia” in iDicionário Aulete.
- ^ “praia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Further readingEdit
- praia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt