bobinho
Portuguese, noun/boˈbĩ.ɲu/
bobinho is spelled B-O-B-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bobinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “monkey in the middle (children's game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of bobo; silly-billy. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atividade recreacional futebolística em que uma pessoa na condição de roubadora de bola tenta roubar e assim…”.
What does bobinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemonkey in the middle (children's game)
- 2
masculinemonkey in the middle (third player in the game)
adjective
- 1
diminutive of bobo; silly-billy
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of bobo
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of bobô
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. atividade recreacional futebolística em que uma pessoa na condição de roubadora de bola tenta roubar e assim trocar de lugar com alguma das pessoas em meio a uma concentração de pessoas que a rodeia e que se passam a bola buscando impedir o roubo 2. a pessoa que nessa atividade recreacional está como aquela que tem de roubar a bola 3. pessoa que tentando tomar a posse de alguma coisa é posta numa situação em que o objeto visado é repassado de modo a evitar que isso ocorra
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 bobinho
- bobinhos plural
- bobinha feminine
- bobinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bobinho?
- Brazil /boˈbĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [boˈbĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /buˈbi.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 bobinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bobinho in Portuguese?
bobinho appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).