moura

From mouro.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmowɾɐ]

moura

1. feminine singular of mouro

moura f (plural mouras)

1. (folklore) fairy, bean sí; otherworldly being associated with water and prehistoric ruins who sometimes takes the form of a woman of long blonde hair and extraordinary beauty, while other times is a woman of extraordinary strength, capable of transporting boulders on her head, and who usually carries a distaff

   Synonyms: encanto, señora, vella

moura f (plural mouras)

1. Moor woman (female equivalent of mouro)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moura”, 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), “moura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mouro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• "O País da Moura" in YouTube

• moira

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• Homophone: Moura

From Latin muria.

moura f (plural mouras)

1. brine (salt-and-water solution for pickling)

   Synonyms: salga, salmoura

2. (Beira, Trás-os-Montes) blood sausage, pudding (sausage made primarily from blood)

   Synonyms: chouriço de sangue, morcela, morcilha, (Trás-os-Montes) tabafeia

3. a type of light-coloured leather sandals
4. (Azores) a type of small crab
5. (ornithology) shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)

   Synonyms: cagarra, maranhona, pardela-de-bico-amarelo, pardilhão

From Medieval Latin maura.

moura f (plural mouras)

1. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

   Synonyms: erva moura, erva-gardiniana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

moura

1. feminine singular of mouro

moura f (plural mouras)

1. female equivalent of mouro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

moura

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

• “moura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “moura”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “moura”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “moura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “moura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “moura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025