parelha
Portuguese
Etymology
Feminine of parelho, or from Vulgar Latin *paricla, feminine of *pariclus, from contraction of *pariculus, diminutive of Latin par. Compare Spanish pareja, Catalan parella, French pareille, Italian parecchia, Romanian pereche.
Noun
parelha f (plural parelhas)
- team (a set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage)
- Synonym: par
- uma parelha de cavalos ― a team of horses
- (colloquial, of people) couple, pair
- (literature) couplet (a pair of lines with rhyming end words)
Adjective
parelha
- Feminine singular of adjective parelho.