parelha

Portuguese

Etymology

Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Spanish pareja, Asturian pareya.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾe.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾe.ʎa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾe.ʎɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾe.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾe.ʎɐ/

Hyphenation: pa‧re‧lha

Noun

parelha f (plural parelhas)

team (a set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage)
Synonym: par

uma parelha de cavalos ― a team of horses
(colloquial, of people) couple, pair
(literature) couplet (a pair of lines with rhyming end words)

Adjective

parelha

feminine singular of parelho

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