véia

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛj.ɐ/ [ˈvɛɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛj.a/ [ˈvɛɪ̯.a]

Adjective

véia

  1. feminine of véio

Noun

véia f (plural véias, masculine véio, masculine plural véios)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of velha, representing Brazil Portuguese.

Usage notes

According to the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990, the word should be spelled "veia" instead. In practice, this hardly occurs due to easy confusion between it and veia as in vein.

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