"cuña" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkuɲa/, [ˈku.ɲa] Forms: cuñas [plural]
Rhymes: -uɲa Etymology: From cuño or from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus. Compare Portuguese cunha. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|VL.||*cunea}} Vulgar Latin *cunea, {{inh|es|la|cuneus}} Latin cuneus, {{cog|pt|cunha}} Portuguese cunha Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} cuña f (plural cuñas)
  1. wedge Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cuña-es-noun-GbUz1QuJ
  2. chock (for wheel) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cuña-es-noun-C0xyK78d
  3. (typography) quoin Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-cuña-es-noun-RQboASIY Topics: media, publishing, typography
  4. (colloquial) influence, weight, pull Tags: colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-cuña-es-noun-O3Ezw2aQ
  5. (television, radio) slot, spot Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Radio, Television
    Sense id: en-cuña-es-noun-dlkL9xhR Topics: broadcasting, media, radio, television
  6. (anatomy) cuneus (portion of the occipital lobe) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-cuña-es-noun-o~PRfx9v Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  7. (colloquial, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Rep., El Salvador) connections Tags: Chile, Cuba, El-Salvador, colloquial, feminine Synonyms: enchufe, palanca
    Sense id: en-cuña-es-noun-Hl-shnRU Categories (other): Chilean Spanish, Cuban Spanish, Salvadorian Spanish
  8. (journalism, Chile) sound bite Tags: Chile, feminine Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-cuña-es-noun-1Y3S3Rwx Categories (other): Chilean Spanish Topics: journalism, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cuña publicitaria, precuña Related terms: acuñar, cuñado, cuñar, cuño
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈkuɲa/, [ˈku.ɲa]
Rhymes: -uɲa Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} cuña
  1. inflection of cuñar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: cuñar
    Sense id: en-cuña-es-verb-6rC9xx7r Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 4 8 1 4 6 4 3 4 1 4 53 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 6 1 3 4 3 2 3 1 3 67 6 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 12 6 2 6 3 3 54 13
  2. inflection of cuñar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: cuñar
    Sense id: en-cuña-es-verb-8h-xw2k8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cuña publicitaria"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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  "etymology_number": 1,
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        "1": "es",
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "expansion": "Latin cuneus",
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      "expansion": "Portuguese cunha",
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  "etymology_text": "From cuño or from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus. Compare Portuguese cunha.",
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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  "hyphenation": [
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  "lang": "Spanish",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "acuñar"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cuñado"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cuñar"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "media",
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      ]
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        "(colloquial) influence, weight, pull"
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Radio",
          "orig": "es:Radio",
          "parents": [
            "Telecommunications",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Television",
          "orig": "es:Television",
          "parents": [
            "Broadcasting",
            "Mass media",
            "Media",
            "Telecommunications",
            "Culture",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "television",
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          "radio",
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          "slot",
          "slot"
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          "spot",
          "spot"
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        "television"
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "es:Anatomy",
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            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
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          "source": "w"
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        "feminine"
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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          "name": "Cuban Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
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        "El-Salvador",
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          "orig": "es:Mass media",
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            "Media",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "sound bite",
          "sound bite"
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        "(journalism, Chile) sound bite"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "journalism",
        "media"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuɲa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈku.ɲa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uɲa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuña"
}

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          "cuñar#Spanish"
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  ],
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      "ipa": "[ˈku.ɲa]"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-uɲa"
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  ],
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}

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      "ipa": "[ˈku.ɲa]"
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