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Meaning of vieira | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
ˈbjejɾa

Definitions

great scallop, St James shell (Pecten Maximus)

feminine

Equivalents

العربية إِسْكَالُوب
Català escollar petxina
Ελληνικά χτένι
English Scallop
Esperanto pekteno
Gaeilge muirín
Gàidhlig creachann
Italiano capasanta
日本語 帆立 帆立貝
한국어 가리비
Latina pecten striata
Bahasa Melayu kapis
Nederlands sint-jakobsschelp
Português vieira
Русский гребешок
Türkçe fisto
Tiếng Việt Điệp

Examples

“O noso patrón, santiño ben feito, da barba dourada, que está no seu eido sentado e vestido cal fora romeiro, con súa escraviña e co seu chapeo que ten muitas conchas só do mar do reino, conchiñas vieiras abondo e a desexo”

Our patron, such a handsomely built saint, with his golden beard, who sits in his place dressed as a pilgrim, with his cape and his hat which have many shell, but just from the sea of the kingdom [of Galicia], scallop shells enough and as many as you would like

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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