prateleira

Portuguese

Prateleira

Etymology

From pratel (“small plate”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾa.teˈle(j).ɾɐ/ [pɾa.teˈle(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾa.teˈle(j).ɾɐ/ [pɾa.teˈle(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾa.teˈle(j).ɾa/ [pɾa.teˈle(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tɨˈlɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tɨˈlɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tɨˈlej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tɨˈlej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tɨˈle.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: pra‧te‧lei‧ra

Noun

prateleira f (plural prateleiras)

1. shelf

   Synonym: estante

2. (slang) breasts

   Synonym: seios

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Partileer

Further reading

• “prateleira”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025