canarinho
Portuguese, noun/ka.naˈɾĩ.ɲu/
canarinho is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazil national football team” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of canário. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “camiseta amarela do uniforme da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol”.
What does canarinho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalof or relating to Brazil national football team
noun
- 1
BrazilfeminineBrazil national football team
- 2
Brazilfemininethe yellow shirt used by the Brazil national football team
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of canário
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. camiseta amarela do uniforme da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol 2. a Seleção Brasileira de Futebol
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 canarinho
- canarinha feminine
- canarinhos masculine plural
- canarinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canarinho?
- Brazil /ka.naˈɾĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ka.naˈɾĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /kɐ.nɐˈɾi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is canarinho in Portuguese?
canarinho 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).