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]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈpɐ.ɲa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈpɐ.ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈpa.ɲɐ/
- Hyphenation: com‧pa‧nha
Noun
companha f (plural companhas)
- (nautical) crew (especially of a fishing boat); seamanship
- (dialectal) group of people
- Synonym: companhia
- (dialectal) company
- Synonym: companhia
Derived terms
- acompanhar
- companhão
- companheiro
- companhia
Related terms
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