anjinho
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃ˈʒĩ.ɲu/
anjinho is spelled A-N-J-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,488th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anjinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cherub (innocent or angelic child)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of anjo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “representação de anjo, em gravura, litografia, escultura, pintura, etc”.
What does anjinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of anjo
- 2
masculinecherub (innocent or angelic child)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. representação de anjo, em gravura, litografia, escultura, pintura, etc 2. criança em traje de anjo, que participa em procissões e outras manifestações religiosas 3. criança tranquila, dócil, apresentando características desejáveis; anjo 4. criança que faz travessuras e que é irrequieta; anjo
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 anjinho
- anjinhos plural
- anjinha feminine
- anjinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anjinho?
- Brazil /ɐ̃ˈʒĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ɐ̃ˈʒĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ɐ̃ˈʒi.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 anjinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anjinho in Portuguese?
anjinho appears 1.3 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).