Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• feiret

Verb

feira

1. simple past of feire
2. past participle of feire

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• feire

Etymology

From Middle Low German, from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛiːra/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

feira ‎(present tense feirar, past tense feira, past participle feira, passive infinitive feirast, present participle feirande, imperative feira/feir)

1. celebrate (engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event)

   Me feirar den fjortande.

   We will celebrate it on the fourteenth.

Derived terms

• feiring

References

• “feira” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• feyra (obsolete)
• fêra (eye dialect, Brazil)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese feira, from Late Latin feria ‎(“festival, holiday”), from Latin feriae, from Proto-Indo-European *dhēs- ‎(“god, godhead, deity”).

Cognate with Galician feira, Spanish feria, French foire, Italian fiera and English fair.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐj.ɾɐ/, /ˈfej.ɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: fei‧ra

Noun

feira f (plural feiras)

1. market
2. fair
3. confusion
4. designation for a weekday in Portuguese: e.g. segunda-feira for Monday, terça-feira for Tuesday, etc.

Synonyms

• (market): mercado

Derived terms

• feira da ladra
• feirinha

Related terms

• féria
• teo-