veia

See also: veía and veîa

Catalan

Verb

veia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of veure

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From 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

• veya (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvej.ɐ/ [ˈveɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvej.ɐ/ [ˈveɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvej.a/ [ˈveɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: vei‧a

Noun

veia f (plural veias)

1. a small stream or creek

   Synonyms: regato, riacho, ribeiro, veio

2. (geology) vein (body of minerals distinct from the surrounding rock)

   Synonyms: filão, veio, vieiro

3. (anatomy) vein (blood vessel that transports blood to the heart)
4. (botany) vein (thickened portion of a leaf)

Coordinate terms

• (blood vessel): artéria, capilar

Derived terms

• grande veia cardíaca
• veia cava inferior
• veia cava superior
• veia grande safena
• veia jugular
• veia pequena safena
• veia porta
• veia pulmonar
• veia safena externa
• veia safena interna
• veia safena magna
• veia safena parva

 

Related terms

• veiado
• venal
• veno-
• venocapilar
• venografia
• venomérico

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛj.ɐ/ [ˈvɛɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛj.ɐ/ [ˈvɛɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛj.a/ [ˈvɛɪ̯.a]

Noun

veia m (plural veias, feminine veia, feminine plural veias)

1. Alternative form of véia

Adjective

veia m or f (plural veias)

1. Alternative form of véia

Usage notes

According 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

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fesi.

Verb

veia

1. to hate, dislike

   Antonym: mina

Related terms

• vēia
• veliveli

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Romansch

Alternative forms

• via (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin via.

Noun

veia f (plural veias)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) road, street; way

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan: road, street) strada