faceira
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈθejɾa̝/, (western) /faˈsejɾa̝/
Noun
faceira m (plural faceiras)
- cheek
- 1836, anonymous author, Tertulia de Picaños:
- si houbese quen lle dixêse ó que pasa ¿como habia de consentir cos da Cruña comesen á duas faceiras, é os de Santiago morresen de fame?
- if there were someone to tell her what's happening, how would she allow that the people of A Coruña eat with both cheeks whilst the people of Santiago starve?
- jowl
- farmland
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Related terms
References
- “faceira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “faceira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “faceira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
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