liña

1. (feminine) line
2. (feminine) fishing line
3. (feminine) twine, cord; thread for sewing
4. (feminine) line, lineage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈliɲa̝/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: līnea

Cognate with Portuguese: linha

Cognate with Spanish: liña

Cognate with Catalan: llinya

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese linna attested in the 13th-century Cantigas de Santa Maria, from Latin līnea (“thread, line”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Cognate with Portuguese linha, Spanish liña, and Catalan llinya.

Sentences

Liña lateral ben aparente.

The lateral line is very apparent.

Mantívose nesa liña nos anos seguintes .

He stayed on that line for the next few years.

O castro está entre unha liña eléctrica de alta tensión e un gasoduto.

The castro is between a high-voltage power line and a pipeline.