andorinha
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/
andorinha is spelled A-N-D-O-R-I-N-H-A (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Andorinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bird of the family Hirundinidae (swallows, martins and saw-wings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave passeriforme da família Hirundinidae”.
What does andorinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebird of the family Hirundinidae (swallows, martins and saw-wings)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave passeriforme da família Hirundinidae
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Bahia
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 andorinha
- andorinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce andorinha?
- Brazil /ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /ɐ̃.duˈɾi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to andorinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is andorinha in Portuguese?
andorinha appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).