leña

Meaning

firewood (pieces gathered to make fire)

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
le‧ña
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈleɲa̝/
Etymology

13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lenha (“firewood”), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (“log”). Compare Portuguese lenha.

Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
lenha
Galician

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