leñame

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈɲame/ [leˈɲa.me]
  • Rhymes: -ame
  • Syllabification: le‧ña‧me

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian legname or Old Catalan lenyam (modern llenyam); either way from Early Medieval Latin lignāmen.

Noun

leñame m (plural leñames)

  1. wood; timber
    Synonyms: madera, fuste

Etymology 2

Verb

leñame

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of leñar combined with me

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