caminha
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃ˈmĩ.ɲɐ/
caminha is spelled C-A-M-I-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,879th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caminha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diminutive of cama” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diminutivo de cama”.
What does caminha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of cama
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. diminutivo de cama
noun: 1. município português do distrito de Viana do Castelo
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 caminha
- caminhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caminha?
- Brazil /kɐ̃ˈmĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [kɐ̃ˈmĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /kɐˈmi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caminha in Portuguese?
caminha appears 9.1 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).