requeija

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Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ queijo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈke(j).ʒɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈke(j).ʒɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈke(j).ʒa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈkɐj.ʒɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈkej.ʒɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈkej.ʒɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈke.ʒɐ/

Hyphenation: re‧quei‧ja

Noun

requeija f (plural requeijas)

(Trás-os-Montes) a type of cheese made from whey

Derived terms

requeijão

Further reading

“requeija”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
“requeija”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“requeija”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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