seña

• senha (Reintegrationist)

Attested since the 14th century, from Latin signa, from signum, of Proto-Indo-European origin. Doublet of sino, seño, and signo. Cognate of Portuguese senha, Spanish seña.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɲa/ [ˈs̺e.ɲɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɲa
• Hyphenation: se‧ña

seña f (plural señas)

1. sign, indication

   Synonym: signo

2. gesture

   Synonyms: aceno, xesto

3. password (a word used to gain access)

   Synonym: contrasinal

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “senna”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “seña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “seña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “seña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɲa/ [ˈse.ɲa]

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• Rhymes: -eɲa
• Syllabification: se‧ña

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin signa, plural of signum. Compare Catalan senya and English sign.

seña f (plural señas)

1. sign, indication

   Synonym: indicación

2. gesture

   Synonym: gesto

• → Sicilian: sinna
• → Tagalog: senyas

seña

1. inflection of señar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “seña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014