engenho

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noun

A sugar mill in colonial Brazil.

OriginPortuguese engenho ← Old Galician-Portuguese engenno ← Latin ingenium →
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Meanings

nounengenho (plural engenhos)

plural engenhos

  1. historicalA sugar mill in colonial Brazil.

Origin

  1. Latiningenium
  2. Old Galician-Portugueseengenno
  3. Portugueseengenho“machine; sugar mill”
  4. Englishengenho

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

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APA

engenho. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engenho

MLA

“engenho.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engenho. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engenho,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engenho.

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