palhinha

Meaning

1. (diminutive, feminine, form-of) diminutive of palha
2. (Portugal, feminine) drinking straw (a long tube through which a drink is drunk)
3. (Brazil, feminine, informal) roll-your-own cigarette
4. (Brazil, alt-of, feminine, informal, nonstandard) nonstandard form of palinha (“impromptu”)

palha

1. (feminine) straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
2. (feminine, uncountable) straw considered collectively
3. (feminine) textile made of straw
4. (Portugal, colloquial, feminine) padding, waffle
5. (colloquial, feminine) trifle (something without importance)
6. (colloquial, feminine) trifle (something without importance)

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Concepts

drinking straw

straw

Synonyms

canudo

Translations

شَفَّاط

canya

palla

Strohhalm

Trinkhalm

Trinkrohr

καλαμάκι

paille

cannuccia

rietje

absorbente

bombilla

caña

carrizo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paˈʎĩ.ɲɐ/

Etymology

From palha + -inha.