regueira

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from rego +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reˈɣejɾa̝/

Noun

regueira f (plural regueiras)

stream, brook
Synonyms: arroio, regato, rego, regueiro
ditch
Synonym: rego
(regional) crack (space between the buttocks)
Synonyms: fendello, raigada

Derived terms

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

From rego (“ditch”) +‎ -eira.

Alternative forms

regueiro

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

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