tarefa

== English == === Noun === tarefa (plural tarefas) (historical) The amount of sugar cane that a slave was expected to cut in one day. == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈɾɛfa/ [t̪aˈɾɛ.fɐ] Rhymes: -ɛfa Hyphenation: ta‧re‧fa === Noun === tarefa f (plural tarefas) chore, task === Further reading === “tarefa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Vulgar Arabic طَرِيحَة (ṭarīḥa, “endeavor”), from the Classical Arabic root طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Cognate with Galician tarefa and Spanish tarea. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (most dialects) -ɛfɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɛfa Hyphenation: ta‧re‧fa === Noun === tarefa f (plural tarefas) job, task burden, chore (computing) job (Brazil) clipping of tarefa de casa (“homework”) (regional) vessel where oil and rose water flow from the fields (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) ==== Synonyms ==== (job): emprego, trabalho (homework): dever de casa, lição de casa ==== Derived terms ==== atarefar === Further reading === “tarefa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tarefa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Portuguese tarefa. Doublet of tarea. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈɾefa/ [t̪aˈɾe.fa] Rhymes: -efa Syllabification: ta‧re‧fa === Noun === tarefa f (plural tarefas) (Argentina, chiefly Northeastern Argentina) harvest of yerba mate leaves