Portuguese

Pestanas

Noun

pestana f (plural pestanas)

1. eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)
2. nap (short period of sleep)
3. (music) nut (a small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard of string instruments that holds the strings)
4. (music) barre chord (type of chord where a finger presses multiple strings)

Synonyms

• (eyelash): celho, cílio
• (nap): cochilo, sesta, soneca

Derived terms

• pestaninha (diminutive)
• queimar as pestanas

Related terms

• pestanear
• pestanejante
• pestanejar
• pestanejo
• pestanudo