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pestana




Plural

The plural of pestana is pestanas.

Definitions

Portuguese > English
pestana
     1. n-f. eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)
     2. n-f. nap (short period of sleep)
     3. n-f. (musical instrument) nut (a small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard of string instruments that holds the strings)
     4. n-f. (music) barre chord (type of chord where a finger presses multiple strings)
Portuguese > Portuguese
pestana
     1. Substantivo. (Anatomia) pelo que recobre a pálpebra
     2. Substantivo. (Popular) soneca
     3. Substantivo. (Música) nos instrumentos de cordas: ponto de junção do cravelhal e do espelho



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