aldeia
Portuguese
aldeia
Etymology
From Old Portuguese aldeia, aldea, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʿa, “village”). Cognate with Galician aldea, Asturian aldea, Mirandese aldé, Spanish aldea and Aragonese aldeya.
Pronunciation
Noun
aldeia f (plural aldeias)
- village
- 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.
- Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.
- 1913, Fernando Pessoa, “Ó sino da minha aldeia”:
Derived terms
- aldeado
- aldeão
- aldeamento
- aldear
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