cunha

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

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

1. with a, with one

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

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ɲɐ/
• Hyphenation: cu‧nha

cunha f (plural cunhas)

1. wedge
2. (figuratively) connections

   ter uma cunha ― to be well-connected

• cunho

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