pestana

From Old Galician-Portuguese pestana (independently attested in both corpora), of uncertain origin: probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *pĭstannā.[1] Cognate with Portuguese pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian pestaña, Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya.

• IPA^(key): /pesˈtana̝/

pestana f (plural pestanas)

1. eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)

   Synonym: perfeba

• pestanexar

• “pestana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pestana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pestana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pestana” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pestana” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Galician-Portuguese pestana, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Galician pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian and Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Homophone: Pestana
• Hyphenation: pes‧ta‧na

pestana f (plural pestanas)

1. eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)

   Synonyms: celho, cílio

2. nap (short period of sleep)

   Synonyms: cochilo, sesta, soneca

3. (music) nut (a small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard of string instruments that holds the strings)
4. (music) barre chord (type of chord where a finger presses multiple strings)

• pestaninha (diminutive)
• queimar as pestanas
• João Pestana

• pestanear
• pestanejante
• pestanejar
• pestanejo
• pestanudo