tranqueira
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈke(j).ɾɐ/ [tɾɐ̃ˈke(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈke(j).ɾa/ [tɾɐ̃ˈke(ɪ̯).ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈkɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈkej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈkej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈke.ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: tran‧quei‧ra
Noun
tranqueira f (plural tranqueiras)
- junk, trash
- junk food
- Synonym: besteira
- something that is of low quality; subpar (usually associated with some difficulty to get rid of)
- a busy, crowded road
- Synonym: trânsito
Further reading
- “tranqueira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “tranqueira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026