praia

See also: Praia

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese praya, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“tract, region”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaja/ [ˈpɾa̠.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: pra‧ia

Noun

praia f (plural praias)

1. beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)

Further reading

• “praia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• praya (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese praia, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“tract, region”). Doublet of plaga.

Cognate with Galician praia, Spanish playa, Catalan platja, Occitan plaja, French plage and Italian spiaggia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaj.ɐ/ [ˈpɾaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaj.ɐ/ [ˈpɾaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaj.a/ [ˈpɾaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaj.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Hyphenation: prai‧a

Noun

praia f (plural praias)

1. beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)
   • 1572, Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas, First Canto:

     Mas os Mouros que andauão pela praya, / Por lhe defender a agoa deſejada, / Hum de eſcudo embarcado, & de azagaya, / Outro de arco encuruado, & ſeta eruada: […]

     But the Moors who were around the beach, / to defend its desired water, / one who was embarked with a shield and an assegai, / other with a harsh bow and thrown arrow: [...]

Synonyms

• areal
• beira-mar
• margem

Derived terms

• baga-da-praia
• morrer na praia
• praia fluvial
• praiano
• praieiro
• ser a praia de alguém

Descendants

• → Hong Kong English: praya
• → Hunsrik: Praia
• → Nheengatu: praya

Further reading

• praia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt