engenho

English

Etymology

From Portuguese engenho (“machine; sugar mill”), from Old Galician-Portuguese engenno, from Latin ingenium. Doublet of engine.

Noun

engenho (plural engenhos)

  1. (historical) A sugar mill in colonial Brazil.

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese engenho, from Latin ingenium.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʒẽ.ɲu/ [ẽˈʒẽ.j̃u], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʒẽ.ɲu/ [ĩˈʒẽ.j̃u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʒe.ɲo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʒe.ɲo/
 

  • Rhymes: -eɲu, -ɐɲu
  • Hyphenation: en‧ge‧nho

Noun

engenho m (plural engenhos)

  1. ingenuity (the quality of being ingenious)
    Synonym: engenhosidade
    • 1933 September 24, “A proposito de “Rabiscos”... [On the topic of “Rabiscos”...]”, in Jornal do Brasil‎[1], volume XLIV, number 227, Rio de Janeiro, page 17:
      Resumem as centenas de paginas que outros escreveriam, diffusamente, gastando o engenho proprio e a paciencia alheia.
      They summarize the hundreds of pages that others would write, diffusely, wasting their own ingenuity and their readers’ patience.
  2. astuteness (the quality of being astute)
    Synonyms: astúcia, esperteza
  3. machine (mechanical device)
  4. (obsolete or historical) factory (industrial facility)
    Synonyms: fábrica, usina
  5. sugar mill (machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane)
  6. sugar mill (factory that processes sugar cane)
  7. (South Brazil) factory that processes yerba maté leaves

Derived terms

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