grana

Noun

grana

1. plural of granum

Anagrams

• Nagra, Ragan, argan, ranga

Noun

grana f (plural grane)

1. grain
2. (idiomatic) trouble
3. (idiomatic) cash

Noun

grana m (invariable)

1. a cheese similar to parmesan

Noun

grāna

1. nominative plural of grānum
2. accusative plural of grānum
3. vocative plural of grānum

References

• grana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Noun

grana f

1. definite singular of gran

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɐ.nɐ/

Etymology 1

From Italian grana (“cash < grain”), from Latin granum (“grain”). Compare grão.

Verb

grana

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of granar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of granar

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *grana (cognate with dialectal or obsolete Bulgarian гран (gran)/гранка (granka)), from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with German Granne (“awn”), Old English granu (“moustache”) and Old Norse grǫn (“a pine tree”) ( > Danish gran (“spruce”)). Compare Old Norse grein (“branch”) ( > Danish gren).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrǎːna/
• Hyphenation: gra‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

grána f (Cyrillic spelling гра́на)

1. branch

   slomljena grana ― a broken branch

   bolje vrabac u ruci nego golub na grani ― a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

2. field, branch

   grana znanosti/nauke ― a branch of science

   turizam je strateška gospodarska grana ― tourism is a strategic branch of the economy

References

• “grana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Verb

grana

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of granar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of granar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of granar.