gavinha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈvĩ.ɲɐ/ [ɡaˈvĩ.j̃ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈvi.ɲa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈvi.ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈbi.ɲɐ/ [ɡɐˈβi.ɲɐ]

Noun

gavinha f (plural gavinhas)

tendril (a thin, spirally coiling stem)

Descendants

>? Macanese: gafinhâ (“to uncover”)

Further reading

“gavinha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“gavinha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026