esfirra
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from North Levantine Arabic صفيحة (ṣfīḥa), from Arabic صفيحة (ṣafīḥa).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈfi.ʁɐ/ [isˈfi.hɐ], /esˈfi.ʁɐ/ [esˈfi.hɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈfi.ʁɐ/ [iʃˈfi.χɐ], /eʃˈfi.ʁɐ/ [eʃˈfi.χɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈfi.ʁa/ [esˈfi.ha]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈfi.ʁɐ/
- Rhymes: -iʁɐ
- Hyphenation: es‧fir‧ra
Noun
esfirra f (plural esfirras)
- sfiha (an Arab pizza-like dish)
Derived terms
- esfirraria
Further reading
- “esfirra”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025