leña

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lena"

Galician

Leña

Etymology

13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lenha (“firewood”), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (“log”). Compare Portuguese lenha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɲa/
  • Rhymes: -eɲa
  • Hyphenation: le‧ña

Noun

leña f (uncountable)

  1. firewood (pieces gathered to make fire)
    • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en Romance:
      A quem Deus quer bem, o vento lle apaña a leña
      the wind collects the firewood of the ones well loved by God

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɲa/
  • Rhymes: -eɲa
  • Syllabification: le‧ña

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish lenna, from Latin ligna, plural of lignum.

Noun

leña f (plural leñas)

  1. firewood, wood (pieces of wood gathered to burn as fuel)
  2. kindling
    Synonym: astillas
See also

Etymology 2

Verb

leña

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

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