"nhenhenhém" meaning in Portuguese

See nhenhenhém in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ɲẽ.ɲẽˈɲẽj̃/ [Brazil], [ɲẽ.j̃ẽˈj̃ẽɪ̯̃] [Brazil], /ɲẽ.ɲẽˈɲẽj̃/ [Brazil], [ɲẽ.j̃ẽˈj̃ẽɪ̯̃] [Brazil], /ɲe.ɲeˈɲẽj̃/ [Southern-Brazil], [ɲe.ɲeˈɲẽɪ̯̃] [Southern-Brazil]
Rhymes: -ẽj̃ Etymology: Uncertain, possibly onomatopoeic or a reduplication of Old Tupi nhe'eng (“to speak”). Etymology templates: {{unc|pt}} Uncertain, {{onomatopoeic|pt|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{glossary|reduplication}} reduplication, {{der|pt|tpw|nhe'eng|t=to speak}} Old Tupi nhe'eng (“to speak”) Head templates: {{head|pt|interjection}} nhenhenhém
  1. Indicates whining and wailing.
    Sense id: en-nhenhenhém-pt-intj-ZDk~67PX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese onomatopoeias, Portuguese reduplications Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Portuguese onomatopoeias: 48 52 Disambiguation of Portuguese reduplications: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nhe-nhe-nhem, nenhenhém

Noun

IPA: /ɲẽ.ɲẽˈɲẽj̃/ [Brazil], [ɲẽ.j̃ẽˈj̃ẽɪ̯̃] [Brazil], /ɲẽ.ɲẽˈɲẽj̃/ [Brazil], [ɲẽ.j̃ẽˈj̃ẽɪ̯̃] [Brazil], /ɲe.ɲeˈɲẽj̃/ [Southern-Brazil], [ɲe.ɲeˈɲẽɪ̯̃] [Southern-Brazil] Forms: nhenhenhéns [plural]
Rhymes: -ẽj̃ Etymology: Uncertain, possibly onomatopoeic or a reduplication of Old Tupi nhe'eng (“to speak”). Etymology templates: {{unc|pt}} Uncertain, {{onomatopoeic|pt|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{glossary|reduplication}} reduplication, {{der|pt|tpw|nhe'eng|t=to speak}} Old Tupi nhe'eng (“to speak”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} nhenhenhém m (plural nhenhenhéns)
  1. (Brazil, informal, derogatory) a repetitive and/or annoying speech, especially of complaints; whining, wailing Tags: Brazil, derogatory, informal, masculine Synonyms: chororô, mimimi, nhanhanhã
    Sense id: en-nhenhenhém-pt-noun-tFrL2MO6 Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese onomatopoeias, Portuguese reduplications Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Portuguese onomatopoeias: 48 52 Disambiguation of Portuguese reduplications: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nhe-nhe-nhem, nenhenhém

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Portuguese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.