cunha

See also: Cunha and cunhã

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + feminine article unha (“a, one”).

Contraction

cunha f (feminine plural cunhas, masculine cun, masculine plural cuns)

1. with a, with one

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ɲɐ/

• Hyphenation: cu‧nha

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cunna, cuna, from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (“sting”). Compare Spanish cuña.

Noun

cunha f (plural cunhas)

1. wedge
2. (figurative) connections

   ter uma cunha ― to be well-connected

Related terms

• cunho

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cunha

1. inflection of cunhar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative