velha

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ʎa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ʎɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ʎɐ/

Rhymes: -ɛʎɐ
Hyphenation: ve‧lha

Adjective

velha

feminine singular of velho

Noun

velha f (plural velhas)

female equivalent of velho
(endearing) mother
(endearing) wife, especially a middle-aged or elderly one
(uncountable, Brazil, colloquial, games) a tie in a tic-tac-toe game
Hypernym: jogo da velha
- 2023 [2022], George Schlesinger, transl., Forma: a geometria oculta em todas as coisas, Rio de Janeiro: Zahar, translation of Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else by Jordan Ellenberg, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
  Há, porém, uma diferença; um jogo da velha, diferentemente de um jogo de Nim, pode terminar empatado, quando então, por razões obscuras, é dito que "deu velha". Na verdade, quando ambos os jogadores têm mais de sete anos de idade a maioria dos jogos termina empatada.
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