brenha

Galician

Noun

brenha f (plural brenhas, reintegrationist norm)

reintegrationist spelling of breña

Further reading

“brenha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *brigna (“rocky terrain”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾẽ.ɲɐ/ [ˈbɾẽ.j̃ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾe.ɲa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐ(j).ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾe.ɲɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾe.ɲɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾe.ɲɐ/

Rhymes: -eɲɐ, -ɐɲɐ
Hyphenation: bre‧nha

Noun

brenha f (plural brenhas)

scrub (thick vegetation)
complication
confusion

Further reading

“brenha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“brenha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
“brenha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025