porteira

Galician

Noun

porteira f (plural porteiras)

female equivalent of porteiro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [pohˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [poɾˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [poχˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poɻˈte(j).ɾa/ [poɻˈte(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈtej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈtej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈte.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: por‧tei‧ra

Etymology 1

From porta (“door”) +‎ -eira. Piecewise doublet of portaria.

Noun

porteira f (plural porteiras)

a wooden gate in a fence of the same material

Etymology 2

From porteiro +‎ -a.

Noun

porteira f (plural porteiras)

female equivalent of porteiro: female gatekeeper

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