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alfaia.

utensil

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/awˈfaj.ɐ/Brazil[aʊ̯ˈfaɪ̯.ɐ]Brazil/alˈfaj.ɐ/Portugal[aɫˈfaj.ɐ]Portugal

  1. utensil

    feminine

  2. ornament

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaia, from Arabic الحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”). Compare Galician alfaia and Spanish alhaja.

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