regra

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese regra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾɛɡɾɐ/

Noun

regra

  1. rule, law, norm
  2. line (of writing)
    rabiscâ dôs regra ― scribble a few lines

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Noun

regra f (plural regras)

  1. line gauge

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡɾɐ/ [ˈhɛ.ɡɾɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡɾɐ/ [ˈχɛ.ɡɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡɾa/ [ˈhɛ.ɡɾa]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡɾɐ/ [ˈʁɛ.ɣɾɐ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin rēgula as a semi-learned term. Compare Spanish regla. Cf. the inherited doublet relha, reixa and also the borrowed régua.

Noun

regra f (plural regras)

  1. rule (a regulation, law or guideline)
    Não há uma regra geral.
    There is no general rule.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

regra

  1. inflection of regrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.