traqueia

== Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραχεῖα (trakheîa, “windpipe”). ==== Alternative forms ==== traquéia (pre-1990 spelling) trachéa, trachea, tracheia (pre-standardization spelling) ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: tra‧quei‧a ==== Noun ==== traqueia f (plural traqueias) (anatomy) windpipe; trachea (botany) trachea (xylem vessel of a plant) Synonym: vaso (entomology) trachea (respiratory system of insects) ===== Hypernyms ===== (windpipe): garganta ===== Coordinate terms ===== (windpipe): faringe, laringe ===== Related terms ===== traqueado traqueal traqueico traqueíte === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: tra‧quei‧a ==== Verb ==== traqueia inflection of traquear: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “traqueia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “traqueia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026