estaferia

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Asturian[edit]

FWOTD – 14 April 2013

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Spanish sextaferia, from sexta feria, "Friday".

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /estaˈfeɾja/, [es̪.t̪aˈfe.ɾja]

Noun[edit]

estaferia f (plural estaferies)

  1. community service for the reparation of roads
    • 1991, Equipu Bueida, El Pueblo Quirosán: una Unidá Social in Cultures, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 39:
      Les feches nes que se facíen les estaferies nos pueblos nun yeren arbitraries, […]
      The dates during which the estaferias were conducted in the villages weren’t arbitrary, […]
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