saíra

See also: Saira, saira, säira, and sairá

Galician

Verb

saíra

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of saír
2. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of sair

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈi.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈi.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈi.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈi.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɾɐ
• Hyphenation: sa‧í‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Tupi sa'ira (“tanager”).

Noun

saíra f (plural saíras)

1. (Brazil) tanager, common name of various birds in the families Thraupidae and Emberizidae

   Synonym: saí

Usage notes

• The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always feminine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “saíra macho” for male, and “saíra fêmea” for female. Here, macho is treated as an undeclinable noun and don't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to macha if so.

Derived terms

• saíra-apunhalada
• saíra-beija-flor
• saíra-de-cara-suja
• saíra-de-chapéu-preto
• saíra-de-sete-cores
• saíra-ferrugem
• saíra-militar
• sairaçu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saíra

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of sair

Further reading

• “saíra”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “saíra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “saíra”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025