aninhado
Portuguese, adjective/a.nĩˈɲa.du/
aninhado is spelled A-N-I-N-H-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aninhado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “nested (inside a nest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of aninhar.
What does aninhado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
nested (inside a nest)
Procurava por ovos aninhados.
- 2
inhabiting; residing in
Passei um tempo aninhado nos Alpes.
- 3
nested (inside another code block)
verb
- 1
past participle of aninhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of aninhado
- aninhada feminine
- aninhados masculine plural
- aninhadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aninhado?
- Brazil /a.nĩˈɲa.du/
- Brazil [a.nĩˈj̃a.du]
- Portugal /ɐ.niˈɲa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aninhado in Portuguese?
aninhado appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).