veniaga

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay berniaga, from Sanskrit वाणिज्यक (vāṇijyaka).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.niˈa.ɡɐ/ [ve.nɪˈa.ɡɐ], (faster pronunciation) /veˈnja.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.niˈa.ɡɐ/ [ve.nɪˈa.ɡɐ], (faster pronunciation) /veˈnja.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.niˈa.ɡa/ [ve.nɪˈa.ɡa], (faster pronunciation) /veˈnja.ɡa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈnja.ɡɐ/ [vɨˈnja.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈnja.ɡɐ/ [vɨˈnja.ɣɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈnja.ɡɐ/ [bɨˈnja.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Hyphenation: ve‧ni‧a‧ga

Noun

veniaga f (plural veniagas)

1. goods (salable item)
2. merchandise

   Synonym: mercadoria

3. trafficking

   Synonym: traficância

4. (figuratively) cheating, fraud

   Synonyms: falcatrua, trapaça

Further reading

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