lenha

Meaning

firewood (wood intended to be burned)

Hyphenated as

le‧nha

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlẽ.ɲɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lenha (“firewood”), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (“firewood”). Cognate with Galician leña, Spanish leña, Catalan llenya, Occitan lenha, Romanian lemn and Italian legna.

Sentences

Conte até dez e tente não jogar mais lenha no fogo .

Count to ten and try not to throw any more firewood on the fire.

Os cadáveres que podem ocorrer serão incinerados em um forno a lenha na fazenda .

The corpses that may occur will be incinerated in a wood-burning oven on the farm.