lenhoso
Portuguese, adjective/lẽˈɲo.zu/
lenhoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “wooden; ligneous (made of or relating to wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem a natureza, o aspecto e a consistência do lenho ou da madeira”.
What does lenhoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wooden; ligneous (made of or relating to wood)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem a natureza, o aspecto e a consistência do lenho ou da madeira 2. diz-se do tecido constituído por células cujas paredes (celulares) se lignificaram 3. diz-se da planta cujos tecidos em maior parte estão lignificados
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 lenhoso
- lenhosa feminine
- lenhosos masculine plural
- lenhosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lenhoso?
- Brazil /lẽˈɲo.zu/
- Brazil [lẽˈj̃o.zu]
- Portugal /lɨˈɲo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lenhoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lenhoso in Portuguese?
lenhoso appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).