perna

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Meaning

  1. (feminine) leg
  2. (feminine) stint

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
per‧na
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛʁ.nɐ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese perna, from Latin perna, from Proto-Indo-European *tpḗrsneh₂ (“heel”). Compare Galician perna and Spanish pierna.

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