quarta-feira

See also: quarta feira

Mirandese

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin quārta fēria (“Wednesday”, literally “fourth weekday”).

Noun

quarta-feira f

Wednesday

See also

(days of the week) demingo/deimingo, segunda, terça/tércia, quarta, quinta, sesta, sábado ^{(Category: mwl:Days of the week)}

Portuguese

Alternative forms

quarta

Etymology

From Old Portuguese quarta feira (“Wednesday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin quārta fēria (“Wednesday”, literally “fourth weekday”). Replaced earlier mércores.

Compare Galician cuarta feira and Mirandese quarta-feira.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkwaʁ.tɐˈfe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˌkwah.tɐˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌkwaɾ.tɐˈfe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˌkwaɾ.tɐˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌkwaʁ.tɐˈfe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˌkwaχ.tɐˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkwaɻ.taˈfe(j).ɾa/ [ˌkwaɻ.taˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkwaɾ.tɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkwaɾ.tɐˈfej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkwaɾ.tɐˈfe.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: quar‧ta-‧fei‧ra

Noun

quarta-feira f (plural quartas-feiras)

Wednesday

Descendants

Tetum: loron-kuarta

See also

(days of the week) dia da semana; domingo, segunda-feira, terça-feira, quarta-feira, quinta-feira, sexta-feira, sábado ^{(Category: pt:Days of the week)}

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