grenha

Portuguese

FWOTD – 24 August 2013

Etymology

From Latin grenniō, or from a Celtic language via Spanish greña (shag, mop).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾẽ.ɲɐ/ [ˈɡɾẽ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾẽ.ɲɐ/ [ˈɡɾẽ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɲa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ(j).ɲɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ(j).ɲɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɲɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɲɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɲɐ/

Noun

grenha f (plural grenhas)

1. tangled, messy or uncombed hair
   • 2002, Nilo Barroso, Badulaques, 7 Letras, page 49:

     Felizmente (como diria o mestre de Urupês), as idéias têm por invólucro o crânio, o couro e a grenha.

     Luckily (as the master behind Urupês would say), ideas have the skull, the hide and the tangled hair as wrapping.

Derived terms

• desgrenhado
• grenhoso