engenho

English edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese engenho (“machine; sugar mill”), from Old Galician-Portuguese engenno, from Latin ingenium. Doublet of engine.

Noun edit

engenho (plural engenhos)

(historical) A sugar mill in colonial Brazil.

Further reading edit

engenho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese engenho, from Latin ingenium.

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʒẽ.ɲu/ [ẽˈʒẽ.j̃u], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʒẽ.ɲu/ [ĩˈʒẽ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʒe.ɲo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʒe.ɲo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʒɐ(j).ɲu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʒe.ɲu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʒe.ɲu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʒe.ɲu/

Rhymes: -eɲu, -ɐɲu
Hyphenation: en‧ge‧nho

Noun edit

engenho m (plural engenhos)

ingenuity (the quality of being ingenious)
Synonym: engenhosidade
astuteness (the quality of being astute)
Synonyms: astúcia, esperteza
machine (mechanical device)
(obsolete or historical) factory (industrial facility)
Synonyms: fábrica, usina
sugar mill (machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane)
sugar mill (factory that processes sugar cane)
(South Brazil) factory that processes yerba maté leaves

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