grenha

Portuguese

FWOTD – 24 August 2013

Etymology

From Latin grenniō, or from a Celtic language via Spanish greña (shag, mop).

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ(j).ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɲɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɲɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.ɲɐ/

Rhymes: -eɲɐ, (Portugal) -ɐɲɐ, -ɐjɲɐ
Hyphenation: gre‧nha

Noun

grenha f (plural grenhas)

tangled, messy or uncombed hair
- 2002, Nilo Barroso, Badulaques, Rio de Janeiro: 7Letras, →ISBN, page 49:
  Felizmente (como diria o mestre de Urupês), as idéias têm por invólucro o crânio, o couro e a grenha.
  Luckily (as the master behind Urupês would say), ideas have the skull, the hide and the tangled hair as wrapping.

Derived terms

desgrenhado
grenhoso

Further reading

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