cevada

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈva.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈva.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈva.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈva.dɐ/ [sɨˈva.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈva.dɐ/ [sɨˈva.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈba.dɐ/ [sɨˈβa.ðɐ]

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cevada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cibāta. Cognate with Galician cebada, Spanish cebada and Catalan and Occitan civada.

Noun

cevada f (plural cevadas)

1. barley (strong cereal of the genus Hordeum, or its grains)

Descendants

• → Guajajára: xewar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

cevada f sg

1. feminine singular of cevado

Further reading

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