lua cheia

Portuguese

lua cheia

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lūna plēna (“full moon”). Compare Galician lúa chea, Spanish luna llena, Catalan lluna plena, Occitan luna plena, French pleine lune, Italian luna piena and Romanian lună plină.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐ ˈʃej.ɐ/ [ˈlu.ɐ ˈʃeɪ̯.ɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐ ˈʃɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐ ˈʃɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐ ˈt͡ʃej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐ ˈʃej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐ ˈʃe.ɐ/

Noun

lua cheia f (plural luas cheias)

1. full moon

See also

• fase da lua
• lua nova
• quarto crescente
• quarto minguante

Further reading

• “lua cheia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026