cunha

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From contraction of preposition con (with) + feminine article unha (a, one).

Contraction[edit]

cunha f (feminine plural cunhas, masculine cun, masculine plural cuns)

  1. with a, with one

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: cu‧nha

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese cunna, cuna, from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (sting). Compare Spanish cuña.

Noun[edit]

cunha f (plural cunhas)

  1. wedge
  2. (figurative) connections
    ter uma cunhato be well-connected
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

cunha

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