velhacaria

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ʎa.kaˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ʎa.kaˈɾi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.ʎɐ.kɐˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.ʎɐ.kɐˈɾi.ɐ/

Hyphenation: ve‧lha‧ca‧ri‧a

Noun

velhacaria f (plural velhacarias)

deceit (act or behaviour intended to deceive)

Further reading

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