chaira

• chaeira, chaila, cheira

From proto-Galician *chãaira, from Latin plānāria (“planar”), from Latin plānus (“flat”).

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chaira m (plural chairas)

1. (geography) plain

   Synonyms: chá, planicie

2. (geography) plateau; esplanade

   Synonyms: chan, chao

3. (tools) sharpener; honing steel

   Synonym: aguzadoira

4. (tools) knife used by shoemakers

• Chaira
• Chairas
• chairego

• → Spanish: chaira

chaira

1. feminine singular of chairo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chaira”, 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), “chaira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chaira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

-chaira (infinitive kuchaira)

1. Alternative form of -tyaira

chaira f (plural chairas)

1. knife used by shoemakers
2. sharpening steel
3. (colloquial) knife; blade (in general)

• “chaira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10