feriado

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese feriado, from féria +‎ -ado, from Latin fēria (holiday), from Proto-Indo-European *dhēs- (god, godhead, deity).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fe.ɾiˈa.du/ [fe.ɾɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /feˈɾja.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fe.ɾiˈa.do/ [fe.ɾɪˈa.do], (faster pronunciation) /feˈɾja.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨˈɾja.du/ [fɨˈɾja.ðu]

  • Rhymes: -adu
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ri‧a‧do

Noun

feriado m (plural feriados)

  1. holiday (day declared free from work by the state or government)

Adjective

feriado (feminine feriada, masculine plural feriados, feminine plural feriadas, not comparable)

  1. (of a day or period) which is a holiday

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feˈɾjado/ [feˈɾja.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: fe‧ria‧do

Noun

feriado m (plural feriados)

  1. (chiefly Rioplatense, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras and Peru) ellipsis of día feriado
    Synonym: día festivo

Participle

feriado (feminine feriada, masculine plural feriados, feminine plural feriadas)

  1. past participle of feriar

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