aldeia

Portuguese

Piódão, Portugal

Etymology

From Old Portuguese aldeia, aldea, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة‎ (aḍ-ḍayʿa, “village”). Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish aldea, Mirandese aldé and Aragonese aldeya.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈdej.ɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈdej.a/ [aʊ̯ˈdeɪ̯.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈdɐj.ɐ/ [aɫˈdɐj.ɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈdej.ɐ/ [aɫˈdej.ɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈde.ɐ/ [aɫˈde.ɐ]

Audio (PT) (file)
Hyphenation: al‧dei‧a

Noun

aldeia f (plural aldeias)

village (small settlement)
Synonyms: povoado, vila
Coordinate terms: arraial, cidade
- 1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia‎:
  Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.
  Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.
(Brazil) in particular, a tribal village

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