praia

Meaning

1. (feminine) beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)
2. (Brazil, feminine, slang) one's object or area of interest or fondness

Concepts

beach

🏖️

shore

coast

bank

🏦

seashore

strand

beaches

sand

bailiwick

bathing beach

brim

cup of tea

littoral

seacoast

sea-coast

seaside

turf

Synonyms

costa

margem

🏦

litoral

orla

ribanceira

praias

beira-mar

orla marítima

Praias

Costa

beira

Translations

plage

🏖️

playa

🏖️

spiaggia

🏖️

Strand

🏖️

strand

🏖️

platja

🏖️

παραλία

rivage

🏦

Ufer

costa

αμμουδιά

rive

🏦

riva

🏦

litus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɾaj.ɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: plaga

Cognate with Galician: praia

Cognate with Spanish: playa

Cognate with Catalan: platja

Cognate with Occitan: plaja

Cognate with French: plage

Cognate with Italian: spiaggia

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese praia, from Medieval Latin plagia, possibly from plaga + Ancient Greek πλάγια (plágia).
Doublet of plaga.
Cognate with Galician praia, Sicilian praja, Spanish playa, Catalan platja, Occitan plaja, French plage and Italian spiaggia.

Sentences

Várias crianças estão em pé na praia .

Several children are standing on the beach.

Um par que guarda as mãos ao andar abaixo da praia .

A pair who guard their hands as they walk down the beach.

Três homens entram na praia do oceano .

Three men enter the ocean beach.

Você pode recomendar uma boa praia ?

Can you recommend a good beach?

Um grupo de meninos está jogando um jogo em uma praia .

A group of boys are playing a game on a beach.

O grande cachorro preto está correndo na areia perto da praia .

The big black dog is running on the sand near the beach.