asneira

Portuguese

Etymology

From asno (“donkey”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /azˈne(j).ɾɐ/ [azˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʒˈne(j).ɾɐ/ [aʒˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /azˈne(j).ɾa/ [azˈne(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʒˈnɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʒˈnej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʒˈnej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʒˈne.ɾɐ/

Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ
Hyphenation: as‧nei‧ra

Noun

asneira f (plural asneiras)

stupidity
Synonym: (Brazil) bobeira
swear word
Synonym: palavrão
- 2016 February 8, Ana Pago, “O poder de uma boa asneira”, in Notícias Magazine‎:
  «(...) Mais ainda aos portugueses, já que muitas das vossas asneiras provêm diretamente do latim.» Caralho, por exemplo, deriva de caraculu e significa pequena estaca.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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