sujeira
Portuguese
Etymology
Sujo (“dirty”) + -eira, from Latin sūcidus (“juicy; sappy”), from sūcus (“juice”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.ˈʒe(j).ɾa/, /su.ˈʒe(j).ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: su‧jei‧ra
Noun
sujeira f (plural sujeiras)
- (uncountable) filth; dirt
- something which causes things to become dirty, such as a speck of dust or a stain
- (uncountable, Brazil, figuratively) corruption; disloyalty; dishonesty
Synonyms
- (filth): desasseio, imundice, imundícia, imundície, porcaria, sujidade
- (corruption): corrupção
Antonyms
- (filth): asseio, higiene, limpeza, pureza
Related terms
- sujar
- sujador
- sujamente
- sujeirada
- sujeirama
- sujice
- sujismundo
- sujo