quartafeira

Quartafeira is a historical or regional variant of the Portuguese term for Wednesday. It denotes the fourth day of the week in calendars that begin on Sunday and is largely considered archaic or dialectal. In contemporary standard Portuguese, the day is called quarta-feira.

Etymology and usage: The form combines quarta, meaning the fourth, with feira, meaning market day or fair. This reflects the old practice of naming weekdays after market days. Quartafeira appears in older texts and in some regional varieties, but it is not common in modern writing. Some dictionaries list quartafeira as an obsolete variant of quarta-feira.

Geographic and historical notes: The form is more likely to be found in historical Brazilian and continental Portuguese literature or in dialectal speech where older naming conventions persisted. The standardized form quarta-feira is used across Portuguese-speaking countries today, including Portugal and Brazil.

Related terms: Other weekday compounds include segunda-feira (Monday), terça-feira (Tuesday), quinta-feira (Thursday), sexta-feira (Friday), while domingo refers to Sunday; Wednesday is quarta-feira. The term quartafeira is sometimes seen in historical glossaries or linguistic texts discussing archaic naming practices.