ancinho
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃ˈsĩ.ɲu/
ancinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rake (garden tool to sweep leaves and rocks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ancinhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento agrícola em forma de pente”.
What does ancinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerake (garden tool to sweep leaves and rocks)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ancinhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento agrícola em forma de pente 2. espécie de rede usada na apanha do berbigão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ancinho
- ancinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ancinho?
- Brazil /ɐ̃ˈsĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ɐ̃ˈsĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ɐ̃ˈsi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ancinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ancinho in Portuguese?
ancinho appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).