perua

perä +‎ -ua

• IPA^(key): /ˈperuɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -eruɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pe‧rua

perua

1. (transitive) to withdraw, renege on, retract, take back, go back on, bum out on.

   Peruin sanani.

   I took back what I said. / I took my words back.

2. (transitive) to cancel, call off

   Perun tapahtuman huomenna.

   I will cancel the event tomorrow.

   Meidän piti mennä huomenna ostoksille, mutta äiti joutui perumaan.

   We were supposed to go shopping tomorrow but mum had to call it off.

   Minä haluan perua tämän tilauksen.

   I want to cancel this subscription/order/booking.

3. (computing) Synonym of kumota (“to undo”)

• (to undo): perua is more often “cancel” and kumota is “undo”, but these are flipped in e.g. (translations of) software made by Apple.

• “perua”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• IPA^(key): /ˈperuɑ/,
• Rhymes: -eruɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pe‧rua

perua

1. partitive singular of peru

• peura, rupea

From peru +‎ -a.

• Hyphenation: pe‧ru‧a

perua f (plural peruas)

1. female equivalent of peru, a turkey-hen
2. (informal) a very skinny riding equid
3. (informal) drunkenness
4. (Brazil, informal, figuratively, sometimes offensive) a middle-aged woman who uses extravagant clothes and accessories
5. (Brazil, informal, sometimes offensive) a prostitute
6. (Brazil) van (an automobile smaller than a bus or truck and larger than a common car)

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