prateleira

Portuguese

Etymology

From pratel (“small plate”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾa.teˈle(j).ɾɐ/ [pɾa.teˈle(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾa.teˈle(j).ɾa/ [pɾa.teˈle(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tɨˈlɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tɨˈlej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tɨˈlej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tɨˈle.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: pra‧te‧lei‧ra

Noun

prateleira f (plural prateleiras)

shelf
Synonym: estante
(slang) breasts
Synonym: seios

Descendants

→ Hunsrik: Partileer

Further reading

“prateleira”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025