veniaga

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay berniaga, from Sanskrit वाणिज्यक (vāṇijyaka).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.niˈa.ɡɐ/ [ve.nɪˈa.ɡɐ], (faster pronunciation) /veˈnja.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.niˈa.ɡa/ [ve.nɪˈa.ɡa], (faster pronunciation) /veˈnja.ɡa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈnja.ɡɐ/ [vɨˈnja.ɣɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈnja.ɡɐ/ [bɨˈnja.ɣɐ]

Rhymes: -aɡɐ
Hyphenation: ve‧ni‧a‧ga

Noun

veniaga f (plural veniagas)

goods (salable item)
merchandise
Synonym: mercadoria
trafficking
Synonym: traficância
(figuratively) cheating, fraud
Synonyms: falcatrua, trapaça

Further reading

“veniaga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“veniaga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025