moina

moina

1. essive plural of moa

• -nomia, moain, monia, omain, omani, omina

Probably from Occitan amoinà (“to beg”), from Latin eleemosyna (“alms”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔjna̝/

moina m (plural moinas)

1. (derogatory) a fraud, a rascal, a trickster

   Synonyms: moinante, truán, tunante, tuno

• moinante

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moina”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moina”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moina”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Uncertain.

moina f (plural moine) (usually in the plural)

1. endearment
2. flattery
3. affectation

• -nomia, amino, amnio, animo, animò, imano, mainò, nomai

• móina (obsolete)

• Hyphenation: moi‧na

Uncertain, possibly from Occitan amoinà (“to beg”) or French moine. Compare Galician moina.

moina m or f by sense (plural moinas)

1. (Portugal) beggar

   Synonyms: mendigo, pedinte, esmoleiro

2. (Portugal, informal) police officer

   Synonyms: bófia, policial, tira

3. (Portugal, derogatory, dated) rascal, trickster
4. (Porto) car guard (informally employed person in charge of finding parking spots for cars)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) arrumador, (Brazil) flanelinha

5. (Beira, Trás-os-Montes) loafer, idler

moina f (plural moinas)

1. (Portugal, informal) police
2. (Beira, Trás-os-Montes) loitering

   Synonyms: vadiagem, borga

3. (Beira, Trás-os-Montes) laziness

   Synonym: preguiça

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

moina

1. inflection of moinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “moina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “móina” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “móina”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “moina”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “moina”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “moina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From moină.

a moina (third-person singular present moinează, past participle moinat) 1st conjugation (impersonal)

1. to thaw

• “moina”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025