regueira
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from rego + -eira.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈɣejɾa̝/
Noun
regueira f (plural regueiras)
- stream, brook
- ditch
- Synonym: rego
- (regional) crack (space between the buttocks)
- Synonyms: fendello, raigada
Derived terms
- Regueira
- Regueiral
- Regueiras
- Regueiriña
Related terms
References
- “regueira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “regueira”, 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), “regueira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “regueira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [heˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [χeˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈɡe(j).ɾa/ [heˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈɡej.ɾɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣej.ɾɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈɡej.ɾɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣej.ɾɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈɡe.ɾɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣe.ɾɐ]
- Hyphenation: re‧guei‧ra
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Noun
regueira f (plural regueiras)
- ditch (a small channel of water for irrigation or drainage)
Etymology 2
Noun
regueira f (plural regueiras)
- female equivalent of regueiro