sesmaria

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Portuguese

Etymology

From sesma (“sixth”) +‎ -aria.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sez.maˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʒ.maˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sez.maˈɾi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨʒ.mɐˈɾi.ɐ/

Noun

sesmaria f (plural sesmarias)

fallow land
(Brazil, historical) land distributed in a captaincy (for cultivation)

Further reading

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

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