pedra

Etymology

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dɾa/

Noun

pedra f (plural pedres)

1. stone

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛðɾɐ]

Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. stone (as a material)
2. stone, rock
3. hailstone
4. (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone
5. (dentistry) tartar

Etymology

From Latin petra (“stone, rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *per (“to pass over, to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾa/

Noun

pedra f

1. rock, stone
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.

     How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra (“stone, rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *per (“to pass over, to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛ.ðɾɐ]
  • (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛ.dɾɐ]
• Hyphenation: pe‧dra

Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. stone (as a material)
2. stone, rock
3. hailstone
4. (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone
5. (dentistry) tartar
6. (slang) crack cocaine

Etymology

From Latin petra, from Latin πέτρα.

Noun

pedra

1. stone