madraça

See also: madraca

Portuguese

Uma madraça na China

Alternative forms

• madraçal (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa, “school”)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈdɾa.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈdɾa.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈdɾa.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈdɾa.sɐ/ [mɐˈðɾa.sɐ]

• Rhymes: -asɐ

Noun

madraça f (plural madraças)

1. (Islam) madrasah (a school that teaches Islamic theology)

Further reading

• “madraça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “madraça”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025