adedanha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈdɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [a.deˈdɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈdɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [a.deˈdɐ̃.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈdɐ.ɲa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˈdɐ.ɲɐ/ [ɐ.ðɨˈðɐ.ɲɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˈdɐ.ɲɐ/ [ɐ.ðɨˈðɐ.ɲɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˈda.ɲɐ/ [ɐ.ðɨˈða.ɲɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧de‧da‧nha

Noun

adedanha f (uncountable)

1. popular name in Brazil for the game stop
2. popular game in which the participants take a sheet of paper and write some columns containing subjects such as "name, location, object, fruit, etc" and then they use their fingers to show a number. All the hands are counted and then the amount of numbers will correspond to the alphabet letters. The resulting letter becomes the first letter to rule the choice of the possible names for the columns

Alternative forms

• adedonha