penha

See also: Penha

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peña, from Latin pinna.[1] Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese pena. Compare Galician pena.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpẽ.ɲɐ/ [ˈpẽ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɲa/
 

  • Rhymes: -eɲɐ, -ɐɲɐ
  • Hyphenation: pe‧nha

Noun

penha f (plural penhas)

  1. crag (a rock, stone, cliff or outcropping)

References

  1. ^ “penha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

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