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aranhiço

Portuguese, noun/a.ɾɐ̃ˈɲi.su/

aranhiço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a harvestman or small spider” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aranha pequena”.

What does aranhiço mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea harvestman or small spider

  2. 2

    masculinea thin and weak person

  3. 3

    masculinescorpionfish (any member of the family Scorpaenidae of marine, venomous fish)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. aranha pequena

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 aranhiço

  • aranhiços plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce aranhiço?

  • Brazil /a.ɾɐ̃ˈɲi.su/
  • Brazil [a.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃i.su]
  • Portugal /ɐ.ɾɐˈɲi.su/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to aranhiço

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.