quíchua

See also: quichua

Portuguese

Alternative forms

quéchua

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quichua (“Quechua”), from Quechua qichwa (literally “temperate valley”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ʃu.ɐ/ [ˈki.ʃʊ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈki.ʃwɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ʃu.a/ [ˈki.ʃʊ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈki.ʃwa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ʃwɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈki.t͡ʃwɐ/

Hyphenation: quí‧chu‧a

Noun

quíchua m or f by sense (plural quíchuas)

Quechua (member of a Quechuan ethnic group)
(uncountable) Quechua (language)

Adjective

quíchua m or f (plural quíchuas, not comparable)

Quechuan

Further reading

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