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cabecinha

Portuguese, noun/ka.beˈsĩ.ɲɐ/

cabecinha is spelled C-A-B-E-C-I-N-H-A (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabecinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “glans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of cabeça. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a glande do pênis”.

What does cabecinha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininediminutive of cabeça

  2. 2

    colloquialfeminineglans

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. a glande do pênis 2. ponta pequena, geralmente arredondada 3. cabeça, geralmente em contextos referentes a teimosia

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 cabecinha

  • cabecinhas plural

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

How do you pronounce cabecinha?

  • Brazil /ka.beˈsĩ.ɲɐ/
  • Brazil [ka.beˈsĩ.j̃ɐ]
  • Portugal /kɐ.bɨˈsi.ɲɐ/

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

How common is cabecinha in Portuguese?

cabecinha appears 1.8 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).

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