nhá
Portuguese
editEtymology
editShortened form of sinhá, itself a shortened form of senhora.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editnhá f (plural nhás)
- (obsolete) an affectionate term of address given by African nannies to young women
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “nhá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Vietnamese
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Vietic *s-ɲaːʔ (“to chew; to masticate”).
Verb
edit- (especially of an old person) to chew (carefully, usually something hard to eat); to masticate
- (telephony) to ring someone and then immediately hang up so that they'll call you back and get charged for you
- Synonym: nhá máy
Etymology 2
editParticle
editnhá
- (colloquial) Alternative form of nhé
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