lasanha

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian lasagna, possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic لَوْزِينَج (lawzīnaj, “almond cake”).

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈzɐ.ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈza.ɲɐ/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐɲɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃ɲɐ
Hyphenation: la‧sa‧nha

Noun

lasanha f (plural lasanhas)

lasagna
(Brazil, vehicles) a car that wasn't taken care of by its previous owner or whose maintenance is hard

Further reading

“lasanha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026