peia
Portuguese, noun/ˈpej.ɐ/
peia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fetter (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of pear. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corda com a qual se prendem os pés dos animais”.
What does peia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefetter (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
- 2
femininefetter (anything that restricts or restrains)
- 3
femininerope made of sheep's wool, which was tied to the ends of the rubber to rest on the forehead of the rubber driver who transported it
- 4
femininenautical cables
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corda com a qual se prendem os pés dos animais 2. cabo com que se amarra a carga para que se não desloque no navio 3. espancamento, surra 4. estorvo, obstáculo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of peia
- peias plural
- pega alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peia?
- Brazil /ˈpej.ɐ/
- Brazil [ˈpeɪ̯.ɐ]
- Portugal /ˈpɐj.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peia in Portuguese?
peia appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).