[ˈʃejɾɐ]
OriginFrom an older Old Galician-Portuguese jeyra, geyra, from Medieval Latin diāria (“daily”), from Latin diēs (“day”). Cognate with dialectal Portuguese jeira and Asturian xera.
- feminineday's work
“xeiras grandes e pobeas raras levan donos á terras estrañas” — long working days and few gavels take the owner to strange lands
- femininework; task
- femininetiredness
- feminineland which can be plowed in a day with a single pair of oxen
“Iten, un lugar en Raynros, que ten hua casa e hua cabadura de viña e dous ou tres geyras de tarreo de lebar pan” — Item, a hamlet in Raynros, which has a house and a vineyard and two or three xeiras of land suitable for growing cereals
- feminineday's walk; journey; road
- femininetime worked for a neighbour or for the community, in exchange for a future similar help
- feminineseries
Formsxeiras(plural)
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