cunha

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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

 

  • 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

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
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