tremedeira
Portuguese
Etymology
From tremer (“to tremble; to shiver”) + -deira.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾe.meˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [tɾe.meˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾe.meˈde(j).ɾa/ [tɾe.meˈde(ɪ̯).ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɨ.mɨˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [tɾɨ.mɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɨ.mɨˈdej.ɾɐ/ [tɾɨ.mɨˈðej.ɾɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɨ.mɨˈdej.ɾɐ/ [tɾɨ.mɨˈðej.ɾɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɨ.mɨˈde.ɾɐ/ [tɾɨ.mɨˈðe.ɾɐ]
- Hyphenation: tre‧me‧dei‧ra
Noun
tremedeira f (plural tremedeiras)
- shiver (trembling from cold, disease or fright)
- Synonyms: calafrio, tremura, tremor, tremelique
- (pathology) malaria
Related terms
Further reading
- “tremedeira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “tremedeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026