lenha
Portuguese, noun/ˈlẽ.ɲɐ/
lenha is spelled L-E-N-H-A (5 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lenha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “firewood (wood intended to be burned)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer pedaço de madeira utilizado como combustível”.
What does lenha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefirewood (wood intended to be burned)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualquer pedaço de madeira utilizado como combustível
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 lenha
- lenhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lenha?
- Brazil /ˈlẽ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ˈlẽ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /ˈlɐ(j).ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lenha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lenha in Portuguese?
lenha appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).