parelha

Portuguese

Etymology

Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Spanish pareja, Asturian pareya.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾe.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾe.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾe.ʎa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾe.ʎɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾe.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾe.ʎɐ/

• Hyphenation: pa‧re‧lha

Noun

parelha f (plural parelhas)

1. team (a set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage)

   Synonym: par

   uma parelha de cavalos ― a team of horses

2. (colloquial, of people) couple, pair
3. (literature) couplet (a pair of lines with rhyming end words)

Adjective

parelha

1. feminine singular of parelho