estaferia

Asturian
FWOTD – 14 April 2013

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /es.ta.ˈfe.ɾja/

Noun

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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