areia

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese areia.

Noun

areia

sand

Portuguese

areia

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arẽa, from Latin arēna (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). Doublet of arena.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾej.ɐ/ [aˈɾeɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾej.a/ [aˈɾeɪ̯.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾɐj.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾej.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾej.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾe.ɐ/

Hyphenation: a‧rei‧a

Noun

areia f (plural areias)

sand (finely ground rock)

Related terms

Descendants

Guinea-Bissau Creole: reia
Kabuverdianu: areia

Further reading

“areia” in Dicionário Online de Português.
“areia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Verb

areia

inflection of arear:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

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