manha

See also: manhã

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese manna, from Vulgar Latin *mania (“manual skill”), from Latin manus (“hand”).

Cognate with Galician and Spanish maña.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.ɲɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.ɲɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɲɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐɲɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃ɲɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧nha

Noun

manha f (plural manhas)

1. act
2. artfulness, slyness
3. cunning, stratagem
4. custom, habit
5. dexterity, handiness