linha

Meaning

1. (feminine) line, a string, a thread
2. (feminine) line, a straight path through two or more points
3. (feminine) line, a thin wrinkle or crease in skin, fabric, &c.
4. (feminine) line, a straight marking of longitude or latitude
5. (feminine) line, a queue or sequence of people or objects
6. (feminine) line, a row of text
7. (feminine) product line, a series of related products
8. (feminine) telephone line, a physical telephone connection or a single telephony account
9. (feminine) fishing line, a line used to catch or hang fish
10. (feminine) railroad track, whether straight or not
11. (feminine) line, a railroad or other mass transportation route
12. (feminine,historical) linha, Portuguese line, a former small unit of length about equal to 2.3 mm

Hyphenated as

li‧nha

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlĩ.ɲɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese linha, from Latin līnea (“line, thread”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish liña, and Catalan llinya.

Sentences

A linha era perfeita .

The line was perfect.

Grupo de corredores saindo da linha de partida de uma corrida .

Group of runners leaving the starting line of a race.

Pessoas andando pela calçada ao lado de uma linha de lojas .

People walking down the sidewalk next to a line of shops.

Uma linha de clientes em uma delicatessen .

A line of customers in a delicatessen.

Depois de um tempo , eles cedem e se retiram para uma segunda linha .

After a while, they give in and retreat to a second line.

Notemos , contudo , que não trata da harmonia na linha dos tratados históricos tradicionais .

Note, however, that it does not deal with harmony in line with traditional historical treatises.