arquinho

Portuguese, noun/aʁˈkĩ.ɲu/

arquinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “headband (curved accessory for holding one’s hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of arco.

What does arquinho mean in English?

noun

1
masculinediminutive of arco
2
Brazilmasculineheadband (curved accessory for holding one’s hair)

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

Forms of arquinho

arquinhos plural

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

How do you pronounce arquinho?

Brazil /aʁˈkĩ.ɲu/
Brazil [ahˈkĩ.j̃u]
/aɾˈkĩ.ɲu/

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

How common is arquinho in Portuguese?

arquinho appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.

arquinho0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).