areia
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese areia.
Noun
areia
Portuguese
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]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɾej.a/ [aˈɾeɪ̯.a]
- (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)
- sand (finely ground rock)
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “areia”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
- “areia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
Etymology 2
Verb
areia
- inflection of arear:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “areia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “areia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026