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ceia

ceia

Portuguese

Noun

ceia f (plural ceias)

  1. supper, evening meal

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Verb

ceia

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of cear
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of cear

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cẽa ‎(“dinner (evening meal)”), from Latin cēna ‎(“dinner (evening meal)”), from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-sna, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-. Compare Spanish cena.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɐj.ɐ/, /ˈsej.ɐ/
  • Hyphenation: cei‧a

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