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ceia.

supper, evening meal

4 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsej.ɐ/Brazil[ˈseɪ̯.ɐ]Brazil/ˈsɐj.ɐ/Portugal/ˈsej.ɐ/Northern, Portugal

  1. supper, evening meal

    feminine
    Última Ceia
    Ceia de Natal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-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 Galician cea, Spanish and Italian cena.

verb/ˈsej.ɐ/Brazil[ˈseɪ̯.ɐ]Brazil/ˈsɐj.ɐ/Portugal/ˈsej.ɐ/Northern, Portugal

  1. inflection of cear: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person

  2. inflection of cear: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular

  3. inflection of ceiar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person

  4. inflection of ceiar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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