pestana

See also: Pestana and pestaña

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pesˈtana̝/

Noun

pestana f (plural pestanas)

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

   Synonym: perfeba

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pestana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pestana”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pestana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pestana”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pestana”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Pestanas

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈtɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʃˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈtɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨʃˈtɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨʃˈtɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨʃˈta.nɐ/

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

Noun

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)

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• pestanear
• pestanejante
• pestanejar
• pestanejo
• pestanudo