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cadeia.

prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaˈdej.ɐ/Brazil[kaˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]Brazil/kɐˈdɐj.ɐ/Portugal[kɐˈðɐj.ɐ]Portugal
  1. prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)

    feminine
  2. chain (series of interconnected rings or links made of metal)

    feminine
  3. chain (series of interconnected things)

    feminine
    cadeia montanhosa
  4. chain (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)

    feminine
  5. chain (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)

    feminine · physical
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cadea, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Italic *katesnā. Compare Galician cadea, Spanish cadena, and English chain. Doublet of the direct borrowing catena.

verb/kaˈdej.ɐ/Brazil[kaˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]Brazil/kɐˈdɐj.ɐ/Portugal[kɐˈðɐj.ɐ]Portugal
  1. inflection of cadear: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of cadear: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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