lenha

Portuguese

lenha

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lenna (firewood), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (firewood), from Proto-Indo-European *leg-no (that which is collected), from *leǵ- (to gather). Cognate with Galician leña, Spanish leña, Catalan llenya, Occitan lenha, Romanian lemn and Italian legna.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.ɲɐ/ [ˈlẽ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈle.ɲa/

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlɐ(j).ɲɐ/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈle.ɲɐ/
  • Rhymes: -ɐɲɐ
  • Hyphenation: le‧nha

Noun

lenha f (plural lenhas)

  1. firewood
  • lenhador
  • lenheiro
  • Quem não poupa água nem lenha, não poupa nada que tenha.
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