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regueifa.

a pastry of fine flour, kolach

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁeˈɡej.fɐ/Brazil[heˈɡeɪ̯.fɐ]Brazil/ʁeˈɡej.fɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro[χeˈɡeɪ̯.fɐ]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. a pastry of fine flour, kolach

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Aramaic *רְעִיפְתׇּא (rəʿīp̄tā)bor. Arabic رَغِيف (raḡīf) Arabic رَغَائِف (raḡāʔif)bor. Old Galician-Portuguese regueifa Portuguese regueifa Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese regueifa, from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic رَغِيفَة (raḡīfa, “loaf”), colloquial variant of رَغِيف (raḡīf, “loaf”). Cognate with Galician regueifa and Spanish regaifa.

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