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cevada.

barley (strong cereal of the genus Hordeum, or its grains)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/seˈva.dɐ/Brazil/sɨˈva.dɐ/Portugal[sɨˈva.ðɐ]Portugal/sɨˈva.dɐ/Portugal
  1. barley (strong cereal of the genus Hordeum, or its grains)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese cevada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cibāta. Cognate with Galician cebada, Spanish cebada and Catalan and Occitan civada.

verb/seˈva.dɐ/Brazil/sɨˈva.dɐ/Portugal[sɨˈva.ðɐ]Portugal/sɨˈva.dɐ/Portugal
  1. feminine singular of cevado

    feminine · form-of · participle · singular
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