albufeira

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْبُحَيْرَة (al-buḥayra), via Andalusian Arabic. Doublet of almofeira.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈfe(j).ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈfe(j).ɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.buˈfɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.buˈfej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.buˈfej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.buˈfe.ɾɐ/

Homophone: Albufeira
Hyphenation: al‧bu‧fei‧ra

Noun

albufeira f (plural albufeiras)

artificial lake
lagoon (shallow body of water)
Synonym: laguna
amurca

Further reading

“albufeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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