penha

See also: Penha

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peña, from Latin pinna.[1] Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese pena. Compare Galician pena.

Pronunciation

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

(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)

crag (a rock, stone, cliff or outcropping)

References

“penha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Further reading

penha on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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