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)

Concepts

line

thread

🧵

row

𐑊𐐴𐑌

path

🛣️

line

line

figure

round

accent

way

fishing line

itinerary

file

track

trait

platform

approach

attribute

bar

cable

characteristic

curve

feature

part

route

run

sequence

service

tandem

Synonyms

fio

🧵

fila

traço

direção

itinerário

linha de pesca

fileira

risco

ramo

💐

trajetória

trilha

melodia

pista

turno

vez

⌚

percurso

rota

itinerários

ala

Linha de pesca

barbante

bicha

🪱

cabo

caminho

🛣️

cauda

corda

🪢

estrada

🛣️

feição

fiada

forma

Translations

línea

ligne

linea

lijn

Zeile

riga

línia

γραμμή

regel

Linie

Faden

🧶

rij

draad

🧵

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlĩ.ɲɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: līnea

Cognate with Catalan: llinya

In summary

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