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)

  1. 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
  2. (colloquial, of people) couple, pair
  3. (literature) couplet (a pair of lines with rhyming end words)

Adjective

parelha

  1. Feminine singular of adjective parelho.
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