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Portuguese
Etymology
From asno (“donkey”) + -eira.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ
- Hyphenation: as‧nei‧ra
Noun
asneira f (plural asneiras)
- stupidity
- Synonym: (Brazil) bobeira
- swear word
- Synonym: palavrão
2016 February 8, Ana Pago, “O poder de uma boa asneira”, in Notícias Magazine:«(...) Mais ainda aos portugueses, já que muitas das vossas asneiras provêm diretamente do latim.» Caralho, por exemplo, deriva de caraculu e significa pequena estaca.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)