cunha

See also: Cunha

Galician

Etymology

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

Contraction

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

  1. with a, with one

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

cunha f (plural cunhas)

  1. wedge
  2. (figuratively) connections
    ter uma cunha ― to be well-connected

Verb

cunha

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of cunhar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of cunhar
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