cachorrinho
Portuguese, noun/ka.ʃoˈʁĩ.ɲu/
cachorrinho is spelled C-A-C-H-O-R-R-I-N-H-O (11 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cachorrinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “puppy, pup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of cachorro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “filhote de cachorro”.
What does cachorrinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of cachorro
- 2
masculinepuppy, pup
- 3
masculinedog, doggy
- 4
Brazilmasculinedog paddle
nadar de cachorrinho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. filhote de cachorro 2. um cachorro pequeno 3. um estilo de nado em que a cabeça fica acima da água 4. alguém que se submete, que obedece a outrem e que vai em seu auxílio, ajuda, apoio
noun: 1. posição sexual em que uma pessoa de um casal de indíduos se posiciona de joelhos apoiado nos quatro membros enquanto que a outra pessoa se posiciona por detrás
noun: 1. relação sexual feita na posição cachorrinho
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 cachorrinho
- cachorrinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cachorrinho?
- Brazil /ka.ʃoˈʁĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ka.ʃoˈhĩ.j̃u]
- /ka.ʃoˈʁĩ.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 cachorrinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cachorrinho in Portuguese?
cachorrinho appears 3.8 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).