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pera.

pear

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpe.ɾɐ/Brazil/ˈpe.ɾɐ/Portugal
  1. pear

    feminine
  2. a knuckle sandwich

    colloquial · feminine
  3. goatee

    Portugal · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

intj/ˈpɛ.ɾɐ/Brazil/ˈpɛ.ɾɐ/Portugal
  1. just a minute

    colloquial
  2. wait (asking for stop to make an observation)

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Clipping of espera, imperative of esperar (“to wait”).

noun/ˈpɛ.ɾɐ/Brazil/ˈpɛ.ɾɐ/Portugal
  1. archaic form of pedra

    alt-of · archaic · feminine
prep/pɛ.ɾɐ/Brazil/pɾa/Brazil/pɛ.ɾɐ/Portugal/pɾɐ/Portugal
  1. archaic form of para

    alt-of · archaic
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