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Galician
Etymology
Face (“face”) + -eira.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈθejɾa̝/, (western) /faˈsejɾa̝/
Noun
faceira m (plural faceiras)
- cheek
- Synonyms: fazula, meixela, moufa
1836, anonymous author, Tertulia de Picaños:si houbese quen lle dixêse ó que pasa ¿como habia de consentir cos da Cruña comesen á duas faceiras, é os de Santiago morresen de fame?- if there were someone to tell her what's happening, how would she allow that the people of A Coruña eat with both cheeks whilst the people of Santiago starve?
- jowl
- farmland
- Synonyms: agra, aramio
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Portuguese
Adjective
faceira f
- feminine singular of faceiro