mangueira

Galician

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /maŋˈɡejɾa/ [mɑ̃ŋˈɡej.ɾɐ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /maŋˈħejɾa/ [mɑ̃ŋˈħej.ɾɐ]

  • Rhymes: -ejɾa
  • Hyphenation: man‧guei‧ra

Etymology 1

From mango (handle) +‎ -eira.

Noun

mangueira m (plural mangueiras)

  1. shaft, handle, handstaff
    Synonym: cabo
  2. (sports) stick

Etymology 2

Attested since 1433 ("tarpaulin"). From manga (sleave) +‎ -eira.

Noun

mangueira m (plural mangueiras)

  1. tarpaulin used to bail water
  2. hose

Etymology 3

From manga (mango fruit) +‎ -eira.

Noun

mangueira f (plural mangueiras)

  1. mango tree

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡe(j).ɾa/ [mɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾa]
 

  • Rhymes: -ejɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: man‧guei‧ra

Etymology 1

From manga (pipe) +‎ -eira.

Noun

mangueira f (plural mangueiras)

  1. hose (flexible tube conveying water or other fluids)
Derived terms
  • mangueira de incêndio

Etymology 2

From manga (mango) +‎ -eira.

Noun

mangueira f (plural mangueiras)

  1. mango tree (Mangifera indica)
    • 1851, Gonçalves Dias, “A Mangueira”, in Ultimos cantos, Rio de Janeiro: Typographia de F. de Paula Brito, page 44:
      Já viste cousa mais bella / Do que uma bella mangueira, / E a doce fruta amarella, / Sorrindo entre as folhas della, / E a leve copa altaneira?
      Have you ever seen a more beautiful thing than a beautiful mango tree, and the sweet yellow fruit, smilling among its leaves, and the light, high crown?
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish manguera.

Noun

mangueira f (plural mangueiras)

  1. (Brazil) large corral

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