lenho
Portuguese, noun/ˈlẽ.ɲu/
lenho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “log (bulky piece of timber)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pernada ou ramo cortado”.
What does lenho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelog (bulky piece of timber)
- 2
masculinesynonym of xilema
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pernada ou ramo cortado 2. madeira 3. embarcação
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 lenho
- lenhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lenho?
- Brazil /ˈlẽ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ˈlẽ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ˈlɐ(j).ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lenho in Portuguese?
lenho appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).