cenho
Portuguese, noun/ˈsẽ.ɲu/
cenho is spelled C-E-N-H-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cenho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scowl (wrinkling of the brows or face)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rosto carrancudo”.
What does cenho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescowl (wrinkling of the brows or face)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rosto carrancudo 2. expressão severa da face 3. semblante 4. doença de um animal de carga
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cenho
- cenhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cenho?
- Brazil /ˈsẽ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ˈsẽ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ˈsɐ(j).ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cenho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cenho in Portuguese?
cenho appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).