tarefa

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Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈɾɛfa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛfa
  • Hyphenation: ta‧re‧fa

Noun

tarefa f (plural tarefas)

  1. chore, task

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Arabic طَرِيحَة (ṭarīḥa, “endeavor”), from the Classical Arabic root طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Cognate with Galician tarefa and Spanish tarea.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (most dialects) -ɛfɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɛfa
  • Hyphenation: ta‧re‧fa

Noun

tarefa f (plural tarefas)

  1. job, task
    Tarefa apressada, tarefa estragada.
    Rushed task, ruined task.
  2. burden, chore
  3. (computing) job
  4. (Brazil) Clipping of tarefa de casa (“homework”).
    Estou fazendo minha tarefa.
    I am doing my homework.
  5. (regional) vessel where oil and rose water flow from the fields (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

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Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Portuguese tarefa. Doublet of tarea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈɾefa/
  • Rhymes: -efa
  • Syllabification: ta‧re‧fa

Noun

tarefa f (plural tarefas)

  1. (Argentina, chiefly Northeastern Argentina) harvest of yerba mate leaves
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