unha
Portuguese, noun/ˈũ.ɲɐ/
unha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nail; fingernail; toenail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of unhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estrutura composta por queratina presente na ponta dos dedos da maioria dos vertebrados terrestres”.
What does unha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenail; fingernail; toenail
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estrutura composta por queratina presente na ponta dos dedos da maioria dos vertebrados terrestres
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 unha
- unhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unha?
- Brazil /ˈũ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ˈũ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /ˈu.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 unha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unha in Portuguese?
unha appears 5.8 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).