companha

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese companha, from Vulgar Latin *compānia, from Late Latin compāniō (whence also French compagnon, Italian compagnone), from cum + pānis. Compare Galician and Spanish compaña.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [kõˈpɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [kõˈpɐ̃.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɐ.ɲa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɐ.ɲɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈpɐ.ɲɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈpa.ɲɐ/

• Hyphenation: com‧pa‧nha

Noun

companha f (plural companhas)

1. (nautical) crew (especially of a fishing boat); seamanship
2. (dialectal) group of people

   Synonym: companhia

3. (dialectal) company

   Synonym: companhia

Derived terms

• acompanhar
• companhão
• companheiro
• companhia

Related terms

• pão

Further reading

• “companha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “companha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026