traíra

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See also: traira, trairá, and trairà

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -iɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: tra‧í‧ra

Etymology 1

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traíra (Hoplias malabaricus)

    Borrowed from Old Tupi tare'ira.[1] Spelling and betrayer sense were possibly influenced by trair.

    Noun

    traíra f (plural traíras)

    1. (Brazil) trahira (Hoplias malabaricus)
    Descendants
    • English: trahira
    • Hunsrik: Traira

    Noun

    traíra m or f by sense (plural traíras)

    1. (Brazil, colloquial, derogatory) betrayer; traitor
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:traidor

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    traíra

    1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of trair

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tare'ira”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 465, column 2