gorjeira

Portuguese

Etymology

From gorja +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoʁˈʒe(j).ɾɐ/ [ɡoɦˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡoɾˈʒe(j).ɾɐ/ [ɡoɾˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡoʁˈʒe(j).ɾɐ/ [ɡoʁˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoɻˈʒe(j).ɾa/ [ɡoɻˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡuɾˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡuɾˈʒej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡuɾˈʒej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡuɾˈʒe.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: gor‧jei‧ra

Noun

gorjeira f (plural gorjeiras)

(historical, military) gorget (piece of armour for the throat)
Synonym: gorjal

Further reading

“gorjeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025