meia-lua

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/ [ˈmeɪ̯.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.a ˈlu.a/ [ˈmeɪ̯.a ˈlu.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/

Hyphenation: mei‧a‧-lu‧a

Noun

meia-lua f (plural meias-luas)

half-moon (the moon in its first or last quarter)
half-moon (anything shaped like a crescent)

Further reading

“meia-lua”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“meia-lua”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026