sesmaria

Portuguese

Etymology

From sesma (“sixth”) +‎ -aria.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sez.maˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sez.maˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʒ.maˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sez.maˈɾi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨʒ.mɐˈɾi.ɐ/

Noun

sesmaria f (plural sesmarias)

1. fallow land
2. (Brazil, historical) land distributed in a captaincy (for cultivation)

Further reading

• “sesmaria”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “sesmaria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “sesmaria”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025