grana

grana

1. plural of granum

• Nagra, Ragan, argan, ranga

Latin grāna, from grānum (“grain”).

grana f (plural grane)

1. grain
2. (figuratively, familiar) trouble, nuisance

   Synonyms: fastidio, noia, seccatura

Clipping of formaggio di grana.

grana m (invariable)

1. a cheese similar to parmesan

   Synonym: parmigiano

Perhaps from grano.

grana f (plural grane)

1. (familiar) cash

   Synonym: soldi

grāna

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

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

• granen

grana m or f

1. definite feminine singular of gran

grana f

1. definite singular of gran

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.na/

grana

1. feminine nominative and vocative singular of grany

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

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

grana f (uncountable)

1. (Brazil, slang) money; cash; dough

• (money): see Thesaurus:dinheiro

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

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).

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

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

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:grana.

• “grana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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.