cunha

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + feminine article unha (“a, one”).

cunha f (feminine plural cunhas, masculine cun, masculine plural cuns)

1. with a, with one

• Hyphenation: cu‧nha

From Old Galician-Portuguese cunna, cuna, from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (“sting”). Compare Spanish cuña.

cunha f (plural cunhas)

1. wedge
2. (figurative) connections

   ter uma cunha ― to be well-connected

• cunho

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cunha

1. inflection of cunhar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative