Polyglot Dictionary

poeira

/poˈejɾɐ/

a noun B1

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 poeiras

Meaning

  1. dust

    • Há muita poeira.

      There is a lot of dust.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Staub

Staub is the German word for the same thing — both mean "dust."

Spanish

polvo

polvo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dust."

French

poussière

poussière is the French word for the same thing — both mean "dust."

Practice

1 What does poeira mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há muita ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches poeira?

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