área

Borrowed from Latin ārea.

área f (plural árees)

1. area

Borrowed from Latin ārea. Doublet of the inherited eira.

área f (plural áreas)

1. area, extent of surface

• area

• area (obsolete)

Learned borrowing from Latin ārea. Doublet of eira (“threshing floor”), which was inherited.

• Homophone: ária (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: á‧re‧a

área f (plural áreas)

1. area; region; place (a geographical location)

   A igreja fica naquela área.

   The church is in that area.

   Synonyms: lugar, região, local, localidade, zona

2. area; region; place (an extent of surface)

   Ele tem espinhas nessa área do rosto.

   He has pimples in this area of his face.

   Synonyms: lugar, região, local

3. area; field (related things and concepts)

   Minha mãe trabalha na área da educação.

   My mother works in the field of education.

   Synonym: campo

4. (geometry) area (measure of two-dimensional extent)

   Calcule a área do triângulo.

   Calculate the area of the triangle

5. (soccer) area; penalty area (square in front of the goal)

   Synonym: grande área

6. court (open, enclosed space in a building or compound)

Borrowed from Latin area. Compare the inherited doublet era (“threshing floor”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾea/ [ˈa.ɾe.a]
  • Rhymes: -aɾea
  • Syllabification: á‧re‧a
• IPA^(key): (colloquial) /ˈaɾja/ [ˈa.ɾja]

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área f (plural áreas)

1. area (a particular geographic region)

   Synonyms: zona, sector, localidad, región

2. are (SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres)
3. area, field (the extent, scope, or range of an object or concept)

   Synonyms: campo, ámbito, esfera

   No es totalmente incorrecta. Es más una área gris moralmente.

   It's not flat-out wrong. It's more of a gray area morally.

4. (mathematics) area (a measure of the extent of a surface)

• The feminine noun área is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed /a/ sound in that it takes the articles el and un (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el área

un área

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with stressed /a/ such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la or una.

• “área”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014