{"id":6550,"date":"2015-10-19T20:33:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T20:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=6550"},"modified":"2015-10-19T20:33:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T20:33:44","slug":"the-word-feira-in-portugues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-word-feira-in-portugues\/","title":{"rendered":"The word “feira” in Portugu\u00eas"},"content":{"rendered":"

In most l\u00ednguas<\/em> (languages) the days of the week refer to either astrological bodies or pagan gods. Portuguese, however, seems to be the only Latin language which uses a different name for the dias da semana<\/em> (days of the week): they all end in \u201cfeira<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The explanation dates back to the year 563 when Portuguese Pope Martinho de Braga and the Igreja Cat\u00f3lica<\/em> (Catholic Church) announced that the days of the week preceding Domingo de P\u00e1scoa<\/em> (Easter Sunday) would no longer be pagan references since it was God who created all seven days. The word feira<\/em> comes from the word feria<\/em> in Latin and it means \u201cday of resting\u201d, which is what all Christians should be doing before Domingo de P\u00e1scoa<\/em> in order to please the Lord.<\/p>\n

According to Pope Martinho de Braga, S\u00e1bado<\/em> (Saturday) should keep its name since it already had a religious meaning: Sabbath. Domingo, the first day of the week, should keep its name since it came from the Latin Dies Dominicus<\/em>, meaning the \u201cday of the Lord\u201d.<\/p>\n

Starting from the second day of the week, Monday, all the days until Sabbath would then include the ordinal number related to its position in the week followed by the word feira<\/em>. Because Monday is the second day, it would be called Segunda-feira<\/em>, meaning second day of resting (before Easter Sunday), Ter\u00e7a-feira<\/em> means third day of resting and so on.<\/p>\n

Soon after the Portuguese Pope made these changes, Portuguese people started using the new names throughout the year, and not only for the days preceding Easter.<\/p>\n

Since the Pope was from Portugal, only Portuguese people ended up making the change in the language, this is the reason why the other languages that also come from Latin kept on using the same week day names as they always have.<\/p>\n

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Answers to last week\u2019s post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. A caneta est\u00e1 em baixo<\/strong> do teclado.<\/li>\n
  2. A foto est\u00e1 atr\u00e1s<\/strong> da caneca e da tela.<\/li>\n
  3. O teclado est\u00e1 entre<\/strong> os dois livros.<\/li>\n
  4. O celular est\u00e1 do lado esquerdo<\/strong> do livro.<\/li>\n
  5. O teclado est\u00e1 entre<\/strong> os dois livros.<\/li>\n
  6. As chaves est\u00e3o dentro<\/strong> da caneca.<\/li>\n
  7. O papel est\u00e1 fora<\/strong> do cesto de lixo.<\/li>\n
  8. O mouse est\u00e1 do lado direito<\/strong> do livro.<\/li>\n
  9. O quadro est\u00e1 acima<\/strong> da tela.<\/li>\n
  10. A foto est\u00e1 atr\u00e1s<\/strong> da tela e da caneca.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

    In most l\u00ednguas (languages) the days of the week refer to either astrological bodies or pagan gods. Portuguese, however, seems to be the only Latin language which uses a different name for the dias da semana (days of the week): they all end in \u201cfeira\u201d. The explanation dates back to the year 563 when Portuguese…<\/p>\n

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