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Meaning of xeira | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈʃejɾɐ]

Definitions

  1. day's work
  2. work; task
  3. tiredness
  4. land which can be plowed in a day with a single pair of oxen
  5. day's walk; journey; road
  6. time worked for a neighbour or for the community, in exchange for a future similar help
  7. series

Equivalents

English journey road task Tiredness turn work

Examples

“xeiras grandes e pobeas raras levan donos á terras estrañas”

long working days and few gavels take the owner to strange lands

“Iten, un lugar en Raynros, que ten hua casa e hua cabadura de viña e dous ou tres geyras de tarreo de lebar pan”

Item, a hamlet in Raynros, which has a house and a vineyard and two or three xeiras of land suitable for growing cereals

CEFR level

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