coxia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʃi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʃi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʃi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʃi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: co‧xi‧a

Noun

coxia f (plural coxias)

1. gangway
   • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:

     Agarrou na mala e, arrastando os pés para não tropeçar, apalpando com a mão livre, passou para a coxia que separava as duas filas de catres […]

     He grabbed his suitcase and, dragging his feet so as not to stumble and groping with his free hand, moved to the gangway separating the two lines of cots […]