-zeira
Portuguese, suffix
-zeira is spelled Z-E-I-R-A (5 letters). -zeira is a Portuguese feminine suffix meaning “Variant of -eira, used especially when the preceding letter is a semivowel or when the word is an oxytone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of -zeiro (suffix).
What does -zeira mean in English?
suffix
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of -zeiro (suffix)
- 2
feminineVariant of -eira, used especially when the preceding letter is a semivowel or when the word is an oxytone.
romã (“pomegranate”) + -zeira → romãzeira (“pomegranate tree”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).