cuña

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See also: cuna, Cuna, cùna, cunã, and cüna

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in the 15th century. Ultimately from Latin cuneus. Cognate with Portuguese cunha and Spanish cuña.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuɲa/
  • Rhymes: -uɲa
  • Hyphenation: cu‧ña

Noun

cuña f (plural cuñas)

  1. wedge
    • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 411:
      Et mais que o dito señor obispo e cabíidoo e conçello que dían ao dito Sueyro e a Diego Aafonso pera a dita obra toda a pedra e madeira e crabageen e calabres e petrechos... e meestres e feramentas e cuñas e marras e todas las outras cousas que feser mester et foren necesarias pera se a dita obra faser
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  2. chock (for wheel)
    Synonym: calzo
  3. (figurative) influence; connections

Derived terms

References

  • “cuña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cuña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cuña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cuña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuɲa/
  • Rhymes: -uɲa
  • Syllabification: cu‧ña

Etymology 1

From cuño or from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus. Compare Portuguese cunha.

Noun

cuña f (plural cuñas)

  1. wedge
  2. chock (for wheel)
  3. (typography) quoin
  4. (colloquial) influence, weight, pull
  5. (television, radio) slot, spot
  6. (anatomy) cuneus (portion of the occipital lobe)
  7. (colloquial, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Rep., El Salvador) connections
    Synonyms: enchufe, palanca
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Verb

cuña

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

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