penha

See also: Penha

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ(j).ɲɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ(j).ɲɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɲɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɲɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɲɐ/

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

Noun

penha f (plural penhas)

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

Further reading

• penha on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt