régua

Portuguese

régua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēgula (“rule, bar”), from regō (“to rule, to guide”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. Cognate and doublet of regra (“rule”) and relha.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡwɐ/ [ˈhɛ.ɡwɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡwɐ/ [ˈhɛ.ɡwɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡwɐ/ [ˈχɛ.ɡwɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡwa/ [ˈhɛ.ɡwa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡwɐ/ [ˈʁɛ.ɣwɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛɡwɐ
• Homophone: Régua
• Hyphenation: ré‧gua

Noun

régua f (plural réguas)

1. ruler (device)

Derived terms

• reguada

 

Further reading

• “régua”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “régua”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024