veia
Catalan
editVerb
editveia
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese vẽa, from Latin vēna (“blood vessel”), of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare Galician vea, Spanish vena, and English vein.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
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- Hyphenation: vei‧a
Noun
editveia f (plural veias)
- a small stream or creek
- (geology) vein (body of minerals distinct from the surrounding rock)
- (anatomy) vein (blood vessel that transports blood to the heart)
- (botany) vein (thickened portion of a leaf)
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editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
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Noun
editveia m (plural veias, feminine veia, feminine plural veias)
- Alternative form of véia
Adjective
editveia m or f (plural veias)
- Alternative form of véia
Usage notes
editAccording to the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990, the word véia should be spelled veia instead. In practice, this hardly occurs due to easy confusion between it and veia meaning vein.
Pukapukan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *fesi.
Verb
editveia
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editFurther reading
editRomansch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editveia f (plural veias)
Synonyms
edit- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan: road, street) strada
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