algaravia
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese algaravia, from Arabic الْعَرَبِيَّة (al-ʕarabiyya, “Arabic [language]”), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Galician and Spanish algarabía.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.ɡa.ɾaˈvi.ɐ/ [aʊ̯.ɡa.ɾaˈvi.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.ɡa.ɾaˈvi.a/ [aʊ̯.ɡa.ɾaˈvi.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.ɡɐ.ɾɐˈvi.ɐ/ [aɫ.ɣɐ.ɾɐˈvi.ɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /al.ɡɐ.ɾɐˈbi.ɐ/ [aɫ.ɣɐ.ɾɐˈβi.ɐ]
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: al‧ga‧ra‧vi‧a
Noun
algaravia f (plural algaravias)
- (uncountable, archaic) the Arabic language
- Synonym: árabe m
- gibberish (speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless)
- Synonyms: grego m, algaraviada f
Derived terms
Further reading
- “algaravia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “algaravia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “algaravia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Etymology 2
Verb
algaravia
- inflection of algaraviar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative