peia

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See also: peía

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐj.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɐ/

Rhymes: -ejɐ, -ɐjɐ
Hyphenation: pei‧a

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese pea, from Vulgar Latin *pedea, from Latin pēdica.

Alternative forms

pega

Noun

peia f (plural peias)

fetter (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
(figurative) fetter (anything that restricts or restrains)
(Madeira) rope made of sheep's wool, which was tied to the ends of the rubber to rest on the forehead of the rubber driver who transported it (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
(nautical, in the plural) nautical cables

Synonyms

(fetter): trava
(anything that restricts or restrains in any way): grilhões

Etymology 2

Verb

peia

inflection of peiar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

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