Polyglot Dictionary

beira

/ˈbejɾɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as beiras

Meaning

  1. edge

    • Sentei na beira do rio.

      I sat at the river's edge.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

borda

beira is more about the edge of a natural feature, like a riverbank, "beira-mar," seaside; borda is more general, the edge or border of any object, like a plate's rim.

Similar in other languages

German

Kante

Kante is the German word for the same thing — both mean "edge."

Spanish

borde

borde is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "edge."

Spanish

filo

filo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "edge."

Practice

1 What does beira mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sentei na ___ do rio.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches beira?

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