tarefa

• IPA^(key): /taˈɾɛfa/ [t̪aˈɾɛ.fɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛfa
• Hyphenation: ta‧re‧fa

tarefa f (plural tarefas)

1. chore, task

• “tarefa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

From Vulgar Arabic طَرِيحَة (ṭarīḥa, “endeavor”), from the Classical Arabic root طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Cognate with Galician tarefa and Spanish tarea.

• Rhymes: (most dialects) -ɛfɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɛfa
• Hyphenation: ta‧re‧fa

tarefa f (plural tarefas)

1. job, task

   Tarefa apressada, tarefa estragada.

   Rushed task, ruined task.

2. burden, chore
3. (computing) job
4. (Brazil) Clipping of tarefa de casa (“homework”).

   Estou fazendo minha tarefa.

   I am doing my homework.

5. (regional) vessel where oil and rose water flow from the fields (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

• (job): emprego, trabalho
• (homework): dever de casa, lição de casa

• atarefar

• “tarefa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Portuguese tarefa. Doublet of tarea.

• IPA^(key): /taˈɾefa/ [t̪aˈɾe.fa]
• Rhymes: -efa
• Syllabification: ta‧re‧fa

tarefa f (plural tarefas)

1. (Argentina, chiefly Northeastern Argentina) harvest of yerba mate leaves