algema

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic الجَامِعَة (al-jāmiʕa, “a shackle of iron, collecting together the two hands to the neck”), from the active participle of جَمَعَ (jamaʕa, “to collect”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒẽ.mɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒẽ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒẽ.mɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒẽ.mɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒe.ma/ [aʊ̯ˈʒe.ma]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈʒe.mɐ/ [aɫˈʒe.mɐ]

• Rhymes: -emɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧ge‧ma

Noun

algema f (plural algemas)

1. (chiefly in the plural) handcuff, manacle, shackle

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒẽ.mɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒẽ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒẽ.mɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒẽ.mɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒe.ma/ [aʊ̯ˈʒe.ma]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈʒɛ.mɐ/ [aɫˈʒɛ.mɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛmɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧ge‧ma

Verb

algema

1. inflection of algemar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative