enseada

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From en- +‎ seio (“curve, bend”) +‎ -ada, from Old Galician-Portuguese sẽo, from Latin sinus (“curve, bend”). Compare Spanish ensenada. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: en‧se‧a‧da === Noun === enseada f (plural enseadas) cove (a small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds) Synonyms: angra, caldeira ==== Related terms ==== seio === Further reading === “enseada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “enseada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026