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jeira.

acre, a notional unit of area equal to the land that could be worked by two oxen or 50 men in one day

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʒe(j).ɾɐ/Brazil[ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]Brazil/ˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/Portugal/ˈʒej.ɾɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. acre, a notional unit of area equal to the land that could be worked by two oxen or 50 men in one day

    feminine · historical
  2. a Portuguese acre, a unit of area equal to about 0.58 hectares

    feminine · historical
  3. day's work

    Northern · Portugal · dialectal · feminine
  4. land which can be plowed in a day with a single pair of oxen

    dialectal · feminine
  5. time worked for a neighbour or for the community, in exchange for a future similar help

    Northern · Portugal · dialectal · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin diāria opera (“daily work”). Compare Galician xeira and Asturian xera.

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