madeira

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine,uncountable) wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)
2. (feminine) wood (the wood of a particular species of tree)
3. (feminine) a piece of timber
4. (feminine,plural-normally) woodwind instrument

Intj

timber!; used by lumberjacks to warn others when a tree is falling down

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of madeirar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of madeirar:

Hyphenated as

ma‧dei‧ra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maˈde(j).ɾɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese madeira, from Latin māteria, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognates with Galician madeira and Spanish madera. Doublet of matéria, a borrowing.

Sentences

Um cavalo salta sobre uma cerca de madeira .

A horse jumps over a wooden fence.

A madeira é o melhor para fazer brinquedos e blocos .

Wood is the best for making toys and blocks.

Um homem sentado contra painéis de madeira .

A man sitting against wooden panels.

Um homem atravessa um pedaço de madeira para consertar uma cerca .

A man walks through a piece of wood to fix a fence.

Um zelador limpa o piso de madeira de uma sala de aula .

A janitor cleans the hardwood floor of a classroom.

Tiffany nos disse , o banco é feito de madeira de faia .

Tiffany told us, the bench is made of beech wood.

Quem para o Carnaval é cozido , a Páscoa queima a madeira .

Who for Carnival is cooked, Easter burns the wood.

Os meninos estão escalando postes de madeira em um rio sujo .

The boys are climbing wooden poles in a dirty river.