sexta-feira

See also: sexta feira

Portuguese

Alternative forms

sexta

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sesta feira (“Friday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin feria sexta (“sixth weekday”). Replaced earlier vernes.

Compare Galician sexta feira (“Friday”), Mirandese sesta-feira (“Friday”), Asturian estaferia and Spanish sextaferia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌses.tɐˈfe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˌses.tɐˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌseʃ.tɐˈfe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˌseʃ.tɐˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌses.taˈfe(j).ɾa/ [ˌses.taˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsɐjʃ.tɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsejʃ.tɐˈfej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsejʃ.tɐˈfej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌseʃ.tɐˈfe.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: sex‧ta-fei‧ra

Noun

sexta-feira f (plural sextas-feiras)

Friday (day of the week)

Descendants

Tetum: loron-sesta

See also

(days of the week) dia da semana; domingo, segunda-feira, terça-feira, quarta-feira, quinta-feira, sexta-feira, sábado ^{(Category: pt:Days of the week)}

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