cadeia

Portuguese
cadeia

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadẽa, from Latin catēna. Compare Galician cadea, Spanish cadena, and English chain. Doublet of the direct borrowing catena.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈdej.ɐ/ [kaˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈdej.a/ [kaˈdeɪ̯.a]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈdɐj.ɐ/ [kɐˈðɐj.ɐ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈdej.ɐ/ [kɐˈðej.ɐ]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈdej.ɐ/ [kɐˈðej.ɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈde.ɐ/ [kɐˈðe.ɐ]

  • Hyphenation: ca‧dei‧a

Noun

cadeia f (plural cadeias)

  1. chain (series of interconnected rings or links)
  2. prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
    Synonym: prisão
    • 2019 May 22, Glenn Greenwald, quoting Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “Glenn Greenwald entrevista Lula: ‘Bolsonaro é a velha política, eu sou a nova’”, in The Intercept‎:
      Então, veja, para ficar muito claro, eu acho que se alguém roubar deve ir para a cadeia sendo do PT ou não sendo do PT, sendo católico ou evangélico, sabe?
      Listen, let me be crystal clear: I think if someone steals, they should go to jail, whether they’re PT or not, whether they’re Catholic or evangelical, you know?
  3. network

Further reading

Verb

cadeia

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