cadinho
Portuguese, noun/kaˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
cadinho is spelled C-A-D-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cadinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “crucible, melting pot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cadinhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “recipiente em forma de pote, normalmente com características refratárias, resistente a temperaturas elevadas…”.
What does cadinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrucible, melting pot
- 2
masculinemelting pot
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinea small amount; a trifle, a smidgen
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of cadinhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. recipiente em forma de pote, normalmente com características refratárias, resistente a temperaturas elevadas, no qual são fundidos materiais a altas temperaturas 2. pequeno bocado, pouquinho
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 cadinho
- cadinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cadinho?
- Brazil /kaˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [kaˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /kɐˈdi.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 cadinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cadinho in Portuguese?
cadinho 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).